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  1. For the Sake of the World: Toba Spitzer on peoplehood and mission

    Originally delivered at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Rosh Hashanah 5764

    Where do we first hear about Rosh Hashanah? In the Torah, in the book of Leviticus, we read:

    Adonai spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelites, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be for you a day a rest, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of the shofar, a holy assembly. (23:23).

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/sake-world

    Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 1:38pm

  2. Toba Spitzer on Process Theology

    Originally delivered on Yom Kippur 5770 at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/changing-equation-reflection-god

    Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 1:32pm

  3. What's God Have to Do With It?

    A High Holiday Sermon delivered by by Rabbi Sid Schwarz at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
    Yom Kippur 2007

    Some of you will remember the old Art Linkletter show. His signature piece on the show was his interviews with children which he later compiled in a book called Kids Say the Darndest Things. I thought of this when I recently picked up a book entitled, Children’s Letters to God. Here are a few excerpts:

    “Dear God:

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/whats-god-have-do-it

    Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:32am

  4. Being Part of the Universe

    Let us begin by remembering that the spiritual always points toward the unity of things, not their division. Judaism tries to help us to work from a higher perspective. To celebrate the creation of the world, as we do on Rosh Hashanah, is to see ourselves as an integral part of all that is and not to see ourselves as the measure of all things. The egotistical, self-centered part of our mind, “the evil urge” if you will, always leads us to experience our separateness from the natural world.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/being-part-universe

    Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 12:54pm

  5. Finding Holiness sermon

    This High Holiday sermon won the 2016 George Goldman-Or Hadash D'var Torah competition.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/finding-holiness-everyday-experience

    Posted on: 2017/01/13 - 12:13pm

  6. Amicus Brief: EEOC vs. Harris Funeral Homes

    (Summary courtesy of the ADL)

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/amicus-brief-eeoc-vs-harris-funeral-homes

    Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 12:00am

  7. Amicus Brief: Opposing Travel and Refugee Ban, 4th Circuit

    Reconstructionist institutions signed onto this interfaith Amicus Curiae brief to the 4th Circuit opposing the Executive Order travel ban of March 6, 2017. In this brief, over 50 faith-based organizations united to speak with one voice against the imposition of barriers to entering this country that are based solely on ethnicity, nationality, or religion, especially when such barriers keep out refugees.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/amicus-brief-opposing-travel-and-refugee-ban-4th-circuit

    Posted on: 2017/04/19 - 12:00am

  8. Joint Letter Opposing Price Nomination for HHS

    RRC/JRC joined this interfaith letter opposing the nomination of Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The letter reads in part:

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/joint-letter-price-nomination-secretary-health-and-human-services

    Posted on: 2017/01/30 - 12:00am

  9. Joint Letter Urging Vote on Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act

    The following letter was signed by Jewish national organizations and individual rabbis. 

    Dear Minority Leader Pelosi,

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/joint-letter-urging-vote-caesar-syria-civilian-protection-act

    Posted on: 2016/09/28 - 12:00am

  10. Joint Letter Supporting EACH Woman Act

    RRC/JRC was a signatory to a joint letter from 20 American Jewish organizations and communities supporting the EACH Woman Act to end bans on abortion coverage. 

    The letter reads, in part:

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/joint-letter-supporting-each-woman-act

    Posted on: 2015/10/22 - 12:00am

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