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The Role of Text Study in Congregational Values-Based Decision Making
In order to develop values-based policies and procedures for our communities, we need to take a few steps back from the more practical concerns and examine our communal principles and Jewish ethical values and teachings. We must first clarify our terms, examine our preexisting attitudes, and understand how our experiences impact the decisions we make in community.
Posted on: 2016/04/25 - 4:52pm
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Role of Obligation in Jewish Education (Discussion)
Discussion from November - December, 2001
Sarah Rubin - Monday November 26, 2001:
EdTalk Chevre,
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/role-obligation-jewish-education-discussion
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:49am
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Who Can Remember? Hanukkah Story
(NOTE: Sandy Brusin explains her motivation for writing this most beautiful story in the following way: “I wrote the story because I don’t like any of the children’s stories about Hanukah I’ve seen. They fall into one of two categories: schmaltz or baloney. The schmaltz stories usually have Iatkes sizzling in a pan—with mommy, of course, doing all the sizzling; and the baloney stories make a big deal out of the oil burning for eight days. I wanted to present the wonder of the story.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/who-can-remember-hanukkah-story
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 12:46pm
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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.
Posted on: 2017/01/26 - 9:49pm
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A Discussion About Teaching Hanukkah: Miracle or Not?
Discussion from November 2004
Toni Bloomberg Grossman, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Hi everyone,
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/discussion-about-teaching-hanukkah-miracle-or-not
Posted on: 2017/02/10 - 2:31pm
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Reconstructionism Today--Dorshei Emet
(Photo from CBC)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/dorshei-emet-refugee-family-arrives
Posted on: 2017/03/10 - 3:42pm
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High Holiday Torah Services - Educators' Discussion
Discussion from March 2003
Vicki Phillips, B'nai Havurah, Denver, CO
Greetings Edtalkers,
This is Vicki from B'nai Havurah in Denver, Colorado. I am on the Children's High Holiday Programming committee. I have been involved with this committee on and off for about the last 8 years. I am currently asking for your input on what your synagogue does/offers for youth, grades kindergarten through 6th or 7th grade (B'nai Mitzvah) during the Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Services.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/high-holiday-torah-services-educators-discussion
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 5:51pm
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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
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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
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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