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Community Building

Walking the Walk: The Sacred Art of Energy Conservation

Rabbi Brant Rosen makes a passionate plea, textually based, for building an environmentally sustainable synagogue. His own congregation, The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) of Evanston, IL is an example.
Topics: Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Divrei Torah, Capital Campaigns, Money and Values, Tikkun Olam, Jewish Community, Community Building, Yom Kippur
Type: Dvar Torah

Enhancing the Rabbi-Congregational Partnership

In March of 2005, the Greater Metropolitan New York Regional Council sponsored a presentation on the complex relationship between Rabbis and congregations. The article summarizes the main points of the presentation that is based upon the The Rabbi-Congregational Relationship: A Vision for the 21st Century
Topics: Congregational Development, Reconstructionism Today, Synagogue Administration, Community Building, Congregational and Organizational Life
Type: RT Article

Jews and Fellow Travelers: Appreciating the Gifts of Non-Jewish Partners

Rabbi Harris's article, written after his workshop at the 2004 JRF Convention, focuses on the benefits that non-Jews, mostly with Jewish partners, bring to the community. Harris leads us away from the "framework of cost," to open up the conversation on intermarriage.
Topics: Congregational Development, Reconstructionism Today, Community Building, Interfaith, Congregational and Organizational Life, Family Issues
Type: RT Article

A 350-Year-Old Jewish Community

In this article, Rabbi Michael Tayvah guides us through 350 years of Mikve Israel-Emanuel's existence, from its early beginnings as an emigrated Portuguese community to its affiliation with the Reconstructionist movement in 1964. This is an incredible history of the "oldest continuous Jewish community in the Americas."
Topics: Congregational Development, Reconstructionism Today, Community Building, Congregational and Organizational Life
Type: RT Article

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