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The Help We Need Right Now
Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum responds to Toba Spitzer’s essay “Israel and Us” by asking, rather than focusing on disparate narratives: Are American Jews instead willing to value pragmatism over “ideological purity” when it comes to finding peace in Israel and Palestine?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/help-we-need-right-now
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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The Jewish Basis for Environmentalism
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb outlines the five pillars that serve as a base for the Jewish environmental movement: sufficiency (dayenu), resilience (kehillah), responsibility (akhrayut), justice (tzedek) and hope (tikvah).
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/jewish-basis-environmentalism
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Is It Antisemitic to Consider Zionism a Colonial Project?
Rabbi Gluskin distinguishes between “colonialism” and “settler colonialism.” Recent use of the term “settler colonialism” correlates with a demand for Palestinian rights rather than with a delegitimization of the State of Israel.
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Is It Antisemitic to Consider Zionism a Colonial Project?
Rabbi Gluskin distinguishes between “colonialism” and “settler colonialism.” Recent use of the term “settler colonialism” correlates with a demand for Palestinian rights rather than with a delegitimization of the State of Israel.
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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A Dwelling Place for Divinity
Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde discusses the power of Exodus 25:8, as the line evokes the possibility for spiritual transformation within the human body, as we seek to discover the sanctuary contained within ourselves.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/dwelling-place-divinity
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Preparing Our Communities for Conversations on Race
Rabbi Joshua Lesser writes frankly about leadership, representation and making assumptions about Jews of color in spaces dominated by white Jews.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/preparing-our-communities-conversations-race
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Tikkun Middot, Integrating Mindfulness and Ethical/Spiritual Traits
Rabbi Marc Margolius affirms three core teachings in the Torah: that each human being is created in the image of the Divine, that human beings must “serve and guard” the earth and that together, we must pursue justice and peace.
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Why Be Jewish?
Rabbi Nick Renner uses unique examples from his rabbinic career to explore the blessings offered by being Jewish and taking part in Jewish communal life. From weekly rituals to forging community connections, reaching spiritual fulfillment to uncovering de
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/why-be-jewish
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Affirming My Jewish Identity
Rabbi Nina Mandel admits her discomfort with a line from Birkhot Hashakhar, the morning blessings, and examines why thanking God for making her “a Jew” brings about such complicated feelings.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/affirming-my-jewish-identity
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Re-imagining Synagogues and Communities
Rabbi Rachel Weiss challenges the assumptions of how a synagogue should operate by highlighting multi-generational programming and interfaith activism at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) in Evanston, Ill.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/re-imagining-synagogues-and-communities
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
