Education

This excerpt from a longer article offers a halahic discussion of the ethics of war and violence.

Part two of a two-part conversation with Rabbi Mordechai Liebling about the development, philosophy, theology and practices that have emerged from Reconstructionist Judaism. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit.

This report was generated by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Task Force of Congregation Beit Tikvah, Baltimore, MD in 1994. It includes an appendix with primary texts that describe the role of Bar/Bat Mitzvah in Jewish history.

Rabbi Devora Bartnoff, z''l discusses how educators and parents can share the meaning of Yom Kippur with children. She identifies three main goals: heightened moral understanding, a taste of spirituality and a sense of joyfulness within solemnity. This article was originally published in the Autumn 1993 issue of Reconstructionism Today.