Tikkun Olam

Hebrew Slaves and Israeli Foreign Workers

This study guide identifies connections between contemporary Israeli foreign workers and ancient Hebrew slaves. This piece draws on Torah text and newspaper articles; it also includes discussion questions and links to Israeli human rights organizations' websites.

Topics: Education, Holiday Resources, Teaching Israel, Israel: Politics, Tikkun Olam, Text Study, Pesach

Type: Class Activity

The Four Faces of Tu B'Shevat

This article explores the ramifications of Tu B'Shevat in the economic, spiritual, national-political and ecological spheres--from ancient times to the present.

Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Holiday Resources, Spirituality, Tikkun Olam, Tu Bishvat

Type: Article

Filling the Earth With God's Presence

Dannin looks at some of the laws written in the Mishpatim and challenges the reader to see their relevance, even if they may seem distant at first. Attending to the needs of our neighbors as well as the stranger are injunctions from the Torah which we must not avoid.

Topics: Jewish Life, Divrei Torah, Tikkun Olam

Type: Dvar Torah

Reflection as an Activist Practice

Activists often burn out. Reflection can be an antidote to burn out. Here are five bullet points on reflection that can help keep the souls of activists healthy.

Topics: Jewish Life, Spirituality, Tikkun Olam

Type: How to

Political Activism as a Form of Prayer

Reflecting on the rituals and higher purpose of protest. From Reconstuctionist Today, Spring, 2002.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Tikkun Olam

Type: RT Article

How Should We Respond To Human Need?

Psalm 41:2: Happy are those who give to the needy. The Hebrew verb for the word give, maskil, has multiple meanings. This ambiguity of meaning provides an opportunity for one of the rabbinic sages, Rabbi Jonah to think differently about taking care of the needy. Three differing versions of Jonah's "think different" approach are presented in this text study.

Topics: Jewish Life, Jewish Thought, Tikkun Olam, Jewish Community

Type: Text Study

Environmental Activism and Jewish Spirituality

A roundtable discussion with rabbis and lay-leaders from the Reconstructionist movement. From the Winter 2001/2002 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 9 Number 2.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Spirituality, Tikkun Olam, Religious Values

Type: RT Article

Greening Sustainable Synagogues

Annotated weblinks and listings of resources to support congregations in their efforts to function in more ecologically sustainable ways, and to support those efforts in the world.

Topics: Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Tikkun Olam, Innovative Programming, Tu Bishvat

Type: Bibliography

Laws Protecting Womens' Rights in Israel and in Your Country

This activity provides examples of progressive legislation that protect women's rights in Israel and asks students to research women's rights laws recently passed in their own countries. They also are encouraged to propose some of their own!

Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Teaching Israel, Israel: Politics, Tikkun Olam, Women

Type: Class Activity

Rabbis and the God of Transformation

Rabbi Walt discusses a vision of a transformative Judaism, expressed in both the realms of the spiritual (tikkun ha-nefesh) and the social (tikkun ha-olam), applied to the problems of our day. Excerpted from a sermon at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation. From the Winter 1997/1998 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 5 Number 2.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Spirituality, Tikkun Olam, Congregational and Organizational Life, Religious Values

Type: RT Article

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Hebrew Slaves and Israeli Foreign Workers

The Four Faces of Tu B'Shevat

Filling the Earth With God's Presence

Reflection as an Activist Practice

Political Activism as a Form of Prayer

How Should We Respond To Human Need?

Environmental Activism and Jewish Spirituality

Greening Sustainable Synagogues

Laws Protecting Womens' Rights in Israel and in Your Country

Rabbis and the God of Transformation

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