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Twelve Years A Slave Passover Resource
This printable resource pairs selected quotes from Solomon Northup’s autobiographical memoir, 12 Years a Slave, with quotes from the Exodus and other Jewish texts. It could be used as source material for divrei torah; as an adult education or religious school resource (probably for middle school and up); or as a Haggadah insert for community or Hillel seders or to individual home seders.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/twelve-years-slave-passover-resource
Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 2:11pm
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The Reconstructionist Revolution (PEARL call, Jane Litman)
In this hour-long conference call, Rabbi Jane Litman presents an overview of the revolutionary ideas that underlie the first century of Reconstructionist Judaism.
Selected quotes follow. The entire call transcript is available at the bottom of this page.
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 6:51pm
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DW Editorial: Voters Must Act Against Demagoguery
RRC President Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., was among the 18,000 people in the audience for Donald Trump’s March 21 speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference. Her response was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer under the title “Voters Must Act Against Demagoguery.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/voters-must-act-against-demagoguery
Posted on: 2016/04/24 - 12:00am
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Tikkun Olam, Unpacked
I. Tikkun Olam – An Introduction
It’s become a commonplace in this generation of Jewish life that one of the core parts of the Jewish mission is “tikkun olam – repairing the world.” But what does that really mean? Is it just a Jewish word for “what I believe will make the world better as a (choose one: Democrat, Libertarian, Republican, Socialist, Other)?” Or does our Jewish heritage have something to add to our understanding of “making the world better?”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/tikkun-olam-unpacked
Posted on: 2016/12/01 - 2:55pm
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Passover 2017 - Pineapple
This Passover, we’ve developed resources around the theme of refugees.
We created a nifty video (below) featuring Reconstructing Judaism’s President Rabbi Deborah Waxman walking viewers through the symbolism of a seder plate.
We’ve also created a supplement to use with your haggadah:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/pineapple
Posted on: 2017/04/04 - 10:38am
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Preserving Dignity in the Public Square - DAT Op-Ed
This piece originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on February 17, 2017.
For more than 250 years, the American public square has been home to the free exchange of ideas, information, and perspectives. Newspapers, public debates, oratory, and more recently radio, television, and the internet - all part of the public square - have shaped discourse that affects American culture far beyond the political sphere.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/each-us-can-work-preserve-dignity-public-square
Posted on: 2017/02/21 - 4:03pm
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Responding to Today's Tragedy
All of us at Reconstructing Judaism are still processing the shock, grief and heartbreak of the shooting that took place in Pittsburgh at Tree of Life - Or L’Simcha Congregation, which is also the home of our Reconstructionist affiliate, Congregation Dor Hadash. While we still do not know the names of those who were murdered or wounded this morning, our hearts and souls reach out to all whose lives have been shattered by this horrific anti-Semitic act. With heavy hearts, we mourn the dead and pray for the wounded and the surviving mourners.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/responding-todays-tragedy
Posted on: 2018/10/27 - 8:00pm
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Statement on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association mourn the devastating losses that a white nationalist domestic terrorist inflicted upon the Jewish community this past Shabbat morning at Tree of Life - Or L’Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh. Included among the dead and wounded are members of our affiliate, Congregation Dor Hadash, which meets there.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/statement-pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre
Posted on: 2018/10/30 - 1:18pm
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Initial Statement on the Pittsburgh Shootings
We are shocked and horrified by the shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Our hearts, support and condolences go out to the community members of the Tree Of Life - Or L’Simcha Congregation, to the community members of our affiliated congregation, Congregation Dor Hadash, who were meeting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, and to the people of Pittsburgh.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/initial-statement-pittsburgh-shootings
Posted on: 2018/10/27 - 1:00pm
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Jewish Ethics Conference Gathers Academics, Rabbis and Communal Leaders to Explore Contemporary Questions in a Jewish Framework
What are the key ethical questions facing Jews and Jewish communities today? How can scholars, rabbis and communal leaders discuss ethics in a way that impacts how people behave in the real world?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/jewish-ethics-conference-preview
Posted on: 2019/02/01 - 1:13pm
