Holidays

Featured: On Eagle's Wings—A Rabbi Confronts her Cancer Diagnosis During the High Holidays

A rabbi confronts cancer during the High Holy Days

Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Holidays, Holy Days and Rituals

Type: RT Article

Featured: Mishna Impossible: A Sukkah Building Activity

This is a hands-on, team activity for the week before Sukkot that allows students to build sukkot according to instructions given in the Mishnah.

Topics: Education, Holiday Resources, Text Study, Holidays, Sukkot

Type: Lesson Plan

Featured: Rosh Hashanah Experience

This Rosh Hashanah program is appropriate for primary and secondary school students. It uses multiple learning stations, which creates a diversity of activities and allows for many students to participate at once. Themes such as tashlich and creation are included.

Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Holiday Resources, Holidays, Rosh Hashanah

Type: Lesson Plan

Miraculous Lights

Rabbi Jacob Staub reflects on his coming out experiences in this essay on Hanukkah.

Topics: Holiday Resources, Tikkun Olam, Holidays, Gay/Lesbian Issues, Hanukkah

How Much Is Enough?

In 2013-14, the Tikkun Olam Commission of the Reconstructionist movement is initiating actions and conversations about wealth and income inequality and the related question: How much is enough? This letter, written by Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, ’85, was originally sent to college students. However, it’s a useful text for any family, study group or individual who wants to bring contemporary meaning and challenging questions to bear on an ancient holiday.

Topics: Hanukkah, Holiday Resources, Holidays, Holy Days and Rituals, Tikkun Olam

Type: Community Discussion Guide

The Faith and Gratitude of Enough

As we gather to celebrate the holidays of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving we pause to acknowledge the abundance in our lives and reflect upon our gratitude and the question of what is enough.

Topics: Tikkun Olam, Holidays, Holy Days and Rituals, Hanukkah

Type: Poem

Challenging Distinctions: The Purim Enigma

A article exploring the deeper meaning of the seemingly frivolous holiday of Purim. Why is Yom Kippur sometimes compared to Purim? What's behind the Talmudic suggestion of drinking to the point of being unable to distinguish between Haman and Mordechai?

Topics: Jewish Life, Divrei Torah, Jewish Practice, Holidays, Purim

Type: Dvar Torah