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  1. Or Zarua a Spiritual Home for Boomers

    The following story originally appeared on April 20, 2022, in the Jewish Exponent. Sign up here for the Philadelphia publication’s weekly emails.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/or-zarua-spiritual-home-boomers

    Posted on: 2022/04/20 - 8:58am

  2. In Tragedy’s Wake, Dor Hadash Finds Strength in Jewish Community

    At Congregation Dor Hadash, life certainly hasn’t returned to normal. Perhaps, considering the full scope of the trauma endured and the losses suffered, “normal” isn’t possible or even desirable. Yet in the two months since a gunman claimed the life of one member, Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, and critically wounded another, Dan Leger, the community has settled into something approaching a “new normal,” according to Judith Yanowitz, Dor Hadash’s vice president for ritual.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/dor-hadash-finds-strength

    Posted on: 2019/01/02 - 3:56pm

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  4. Recon Today-Jennifer Janes

    Jennifer Janes may live in the same city she had as a teen, but she’s traveled a long road to find her spiritual home in Reconstructionist Judaism and Congregation Beth Am in San Antonio, Texas.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/finding-reconstructionist-judaism-lone-star-state

    Posted on: 2017/05/03 - 11:18am

  5. Toddlers Turn On to Torah

    How can you delight two- and three-year-olds with chanting Torah in ancient melodies called trope? How do you pull them into the storyline, and get them to call out questions and jump out of their seats at the end of each section to shout Hazak! Hazak! Venithazek! (Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened), as if it were a chorus from the latest Disney blockbuster? Rabbi Marisa Elana James did just that as a rabbinical student during her year as director of programming at a congregation in New York City.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/toddlers-turn-torah

    Posted on: 2000/01/01 - 12:00am

  6. Politics from the Pulpit

    This year our synagogue is raising up the value of Tikkun Olam – our responsibility to take action to repair the world. If we take seriously our responsibility to repair the brokenness of the world, we have to look at problems that are too big for us to resolve on our own. For example, no matter how much we recycle or conserve energy as individuals, global warming requires systemic responses including governing bodies and cultural change.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/politics-pulpit-speaking-publicly-about-repairing-world-together

    Posted on: 2017/01/26 - 9:49pm