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Chapel Hill Kehillah B'nai Mitzvah Handbook
This detailed guide assists families to prepare for all aspects of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, providing a timeline and guidance for learning service skills, assigning honors, complying with the building use policy, the mitzvah project, etc.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/bnai-mitzvah-handbook-chapel-hill-kehillah
Posted on: 2016/02/17 - 11:16am
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Resources Following Presidential Election
Prayers and resources for discussion following the November 2016 Presidential election in the United States.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/resources-following-election
Posted on: 2016/11/11 - 12:08pm
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Mishpatim Study Sheet - Toba Spitzer
This study sheet by Rabbi Toba Spitzer explores the Biblical commandment to help your enemy who is in distress.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/text-study-mishpatim-donkeys-and-enemies
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 1:38pm
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Maoz Tzur from original Recon siddur
This revision of a familiar Hanukkah song was published in the 1945 Reconstructionist siddur. The original text was amended to address ethical concerns raised by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan - specifically, the first verse is changed so that instead of anticipating God “preparing the slaughter of the blaspheming foe,” we look forward to the end of slaughter and the stilling of the sound of battle. See attached for the Hebrew and (non-literal, but poetic) translation.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/revised-maoz-tzur-early-reconstructionist-siddur
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 2:54pm
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How Should We Respond to Human Need?
אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל”
Happy is the one who is maskil to the person in need… (Psalms 41:2)
[Maskil: from a root meaning to be prudent, look at, give attention to, have insight or understanding.]
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/how-should-we-respond-human-need
Posted on: 2016/04/13 - 7:15pm
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Being Abba Text Study
The roles, values, and obligations associated with fatherhood have evolved over the course of Jewish history. In this text study, originally created for the 2008 JRF Convention, Rabbi James Greene examines that evolution with an eye toward contemporary responsibilities of Jewish fatherhood.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/being-abba-civilization-text-study-fatherhood
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 12:21pm
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New Approach to Shabbat Practice (Schwartz)
Congregation B'nai Israel in Willimantic, Connecticut underwent a long communal Reconstructionist process to decide on congregational rules for Shabbat practice. This newsletter article documents that process, and explains the values weighed and the eventual outcome that was reached. This document can serve as an exemplar for Values Based Decision Making on other topics as well.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/new-approach-rules-shaping-shabbat-practice
Posted on: 2016/12/01 - 1:41pm
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Text study on Lekh Lekha and Zionism
This text study pairs Biblical passages on the Promised Land with contemporary text selections on the same topic. Each text represents a view of what “Promised Land” means, and has been interpreted by Jewish thinkers, over the millennia. Guide questions are provided, along with a short leader's guide.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/lekh-lekha-and-promised-land-text-study
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 4:12pm
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Theology Through the Civilizations Text Study
In this text study, Rabbi James Greene examines diverse ideas of God throughout the evolution of Jewish civilization.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/theology-through-jewish-civilization
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 3:57pm
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Environmental Activism and Jewish Spirituality - RT
This symposium among eight Reconstructionist leaders explores the interface between environmental activism and Jewish spirituality. Originally published in Winter 2001/2002 issue of Reconstructionism Today, this discussion remains relevant and valuable.
The leaders participating, and their positions at the time, were:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/environmental-activism-and-jewish-spirituality
Posted on: 2016/11/22 - 8:40am
