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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
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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
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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
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Cleaving to God: A Jewish Way of Prayer
Rabbi Shefa Gold describes the practice of devekut, the continual remembrance of God that leads us past the edge of what can be expressed through words.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/cleaving-god-jewish-way-prayer
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Mindfulness: Telling the Truth, Redeeming Through Love
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg explains how the awareness and love that are cultivated in mindfulness practice lead to tikkun hanefesh (healing of the soul) and tikkun olam (healing of the world).
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Home Shalom: Jews and Domestic Violence
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben describes why speaking out against domestic violence has been essential to his role as a rabbi and leader, drawing from modern statistics and Talmudic teachings.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/home-shalom-jews-and-domestic-violence
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Peoplehood Reconsidered
Rabbi Toba Spitzer dives into the use of metaphors in framing a picture of the Jewish people that is encompassing and defining, drawing on three conceptual metaphors: “covenant,” “narrative” and “tribal.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/peoplehood-reconsidered
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Rabbi A.J. Heschel’s Lessons on Religion and Race
Sarah Barasch-Hagans presents a selection of quotes from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s 1963 speech, “Religion and Race.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/rabbi-aj-heschels-lessons-religion-and-race
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Seven Essential Jewish Practices
Seven essential Jewish practices that are the most valuable for living a life of connected purpose with a full awareness of its many blessings.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/seven-essential-jewish-practices
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