A rabbi confronts cancer during the High Holy Days
Type: RT Article
Reconstructionism Today
Rabbi Seth Goldstein proposes a new holiday to celebrate Judaism's "American redemption." A celebration for all American-Jews, such a holiday would be especially significant for the Reconstructionist movement. After all, "what is Reconstructionism but Judaism of the Jewish people, by the Jewish people and for the Jewish people?"
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Sheri Linder's re-figuring of the Exodus from Egypt is for children, "especially for those who will begin their journeys soon."
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Growing up in another generation did not always afford women the passage of becoming a bat mitzvah. In her article, Sandra Rubenstein recounts her journey to become a bat mitzvah at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Bat/Bar Mitzvah
Type: RT Article
Celebrating Thirty Years of Women as Rabbis
The personal oddyssey of the first Reconstructionist woman rabbi
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Women
Type: RT Article
Building a Youth Movement
Emily Snyder reports on a Teen Kallah from Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in 2001. Reflecting on the fun on the learning experiences of our Youth Movement, Snyder writes, "Sometimes kids need to be led not by adults, but by older kids."
Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Jewish Community, Congregational and Organizational Life
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A Reconstructionist Exploration of Dietary Law
Kashrut and Jewish identity
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Religious Values
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Synagogue Governance as a Sacred Trust
The conclusion of JRF's 2001 Leadership workshop series
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Rating the "High Holidays"
"I'd give it a 7... It had a good beat, and you could davven to it"
Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Holidays, Congregational and Organizational Life, Holy Days and Rituals
Type: RT Article
Values-Based Convention Planning
Devorah Servi gives us the inside look of how the 2004 JRF Convention in Portland came together from cross-continental discussion and decentralization.
Type: RT Article