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Embracing the Stranger - Interpersonal
At times, we have the opportunity and challenge of embracing strangers when we meet them face-to-face. These encounters can be deeply unsettling at first. But as barriers of difference fall, they can be deeply meaningful, even transformational.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/stranger-before-us
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:05pm
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Embracing the Stranger - Justice and Wider World
Embracing the stranger is not just an individual journey—it’s a communal calling. We are commanded as Jews to “Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:19) In the face of fear, hostility, or simple disregard toward those who are different, our challenge is to lift up our common humanity, and our inherent dignity and worth as beings b’tzelem Elohim, reflecting the divine image.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/wider-world
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:46pm
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Embracing the Stranger - Internal
Embracing the stranger is an endeavor that requires not just outward action, but internal effort on many levels. Both as individuals and communities, real inclusion involves rethinking of boundaries.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/looking-within
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 1:06pm
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God Loves The Stranger Feature
The high holy days are a time of collective and personal renewal. We ask ourselves “what do we value?” “What do we cherish?” We deepen our ongoing Jewish human project of creating a just and peaceful society and living a just and peaceful life. And we inquire “what is the relationship between the inner and the outer work of transformation?” I don’t have to tell any of you. It’s not easy.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/love-the-stranger
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 1:17pm
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RRA Contributions to Elul Project
Six Reconstructionist rabbis were asked to write on the subject “Welcoming the Stranger” for their colleagues, in the RRA Connections newsletters. We’ve collected their contributions below.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/rra-contributions
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 5:34pm
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Cutting Edge Judaism Dialogue
Cutting Edge Judaism: A Dialogue
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dialogue/cutting-edge-judaism
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 5:33pm
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Israel Dialogue
Note: This symposium took place in the summer of 2015, and reflects conversations and events at that time.
Welcome to the Jewish Reconstructionist communities’ conversation on Israel and Zionism; this site is now our home for tackling important topics and deepening our relationships with Jewish life and community.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dialogue/israel
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 2:24pm
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2015 Annual Report
RRC’s 2015 Annual Report, in video format.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/animated-annual-report
Posted on: 2016/02/17 - 2:32pm
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Jewish Values and Journalistic Ethics - Video and Transcript
It is a fascinating time in the world of journalism right now; some might say unprecedented. With fake news proliferating and an antagonistic relationship between the White House and the press, the role of the media and factual reporting has never seemed more urgent. Can Jewish values inform the practice of journalism and journalistic ethics? Check out this conversation between Rabbi David A.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/judaism-and-journalistic-ethics-video-transcript
Posted on: 2017/03/30 - 12:49am
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Light and Darkness Waxman High Holiday video 2016
In this video, Rabbi Deborah Waxman offers a High Holiday message of hope in spite of the problems confronting the world and the personal travails we all face.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/light-and-darkness
Posted on: 2016/09/21 - 3:36pm