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Akharey Mot-Kedoshim d'var Torah - Yael Ridberg - 2021 week of George Floyd murder trial
[Originally posted at Times of Israel on 4/22/2021]
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/mighty-waters-justice-love
Posted on: 2021/04/23 - 10:05am
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Tetzaveh / Purim 2021 - Yael Ridberg
Purim 2020 was the last in-person event celebrated by many Jewish communities around the country before the COVID-19 shutdown. Little did we understand that the essential psychological principle of Purim of hafichut – the reversibility of our world – would come to mean something even more profound than what we had come to expect.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/righting-world-turned-upside-down
Posted on: 2021/02/26 - 12:28pm
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Zakhor text study - Amalek - Out There or In Here?
The Shabbat before the holiday of Purim is known as Shabbat Zakhor (“Remember!”). We read an additional Torah passage (Deuteronomy 25:17-19) recalling Amalek, a genocidal enemy from our distant past who is both the spiritual and physical ancestor of Haman, the villain of the Purim story.
Posted on: 2021/02/19 - 10:20am
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Parshat Bo 2021: The Rituals of Democracy - Yael Ridberg
(Written for Shabbat Bo, January 22, 2021, and originally published at The Times of Israel as “The Rituals of American Democracy” Used with kind permission.)
Wednesday morning, I settled in to watch the inaugural events unfold. I was filled with anticipation and relief that the last four years were over, and a new era was about to begin. I was transfixed watching the guests arrive at the Capitol only two weeks after the temple of democracy was overrun by a seditious mob.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/rituals-democracy
Posted on: 2021/01/22 - 9:36am
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A Plague of Darkness - Passover DT Strassfeld
There is a plague of darkness that has fallen not only on our land but upon the world. Actually, there are many plagues — just as in Egypt they seem to come in groups even though just one plague would be more than enough — dayyenu. The coronavirus is certainly a plague that has affected every family, passing over some homes but striking too many others.
There is also a plague of scarcity:
A shortage of ventilators, protective gear and hospital beds.https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/plague-darkness
Posted on: 2020/03/31 - 1:53pm
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Jacob DT Pre-Passover Covid 2020
This d’var Torah was written during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Passover 2020 approached. While the specific circumstances have changed since its writing, the spiritual insights remain deeply relevant.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/what-true-moment
Posted on: 2020/03/26 - 12:41pm
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Purim D'var Torah Elyse Wechterman Jstreet 2020
This d’var Torah for Purim was originally posted on the J Street website on March 5, 2020 as The Two-Way Street | Purim: The Danger Of A Single Story. It was based on the text study Purim, Prejudice and the Dangers of a Single Story (PDF) presented by American Jewish World Service.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/purim-danger-single-story
Posted on: 2020/03/06 - 9:48am
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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Statement on Ishut
How is Jewish status conferred? In this 2013 document from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, the tension between biology and identity is most prominent.
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Reconstructionist Chutzpah: A Spirit of Provocation
There is special chutzpah in the heart of a Reconstructionist, in relationship to Torah, communal life and the world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/reconstructionist-chutzpah-spirit-provocation
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Rituals of Return and Re-Affirmation
Exploration of the halachah (Jewish law), contemporary environment and theological implications around rituals of affirmation of Jewish identity.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/rituals-return-and-re-affirmation
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
