Resources – Reconstructing Judaism

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The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College’s Move from the Inner-city to the Suburbs

August 19, 2025

Why continue to work on reparations when the environment seems so hostile to all things progressive? For one thing, the hardest hits coming down at the moment have the heaviest impact on people of color, whether it’s roundups and deportations of immigrants, abolition of DEI programs and bashing people of color as DEI hires, layoffs of civil service workers in federal jobs, banishing of Black history curriculums, shutdowns of abortion services or the ramping up of dirty fossil fuels. The hits aren’t equally distributed, and neither are the costs. We’re not starting on an equal playing field since so much that’s already owed is past due; therefore, the need to struggle for past-due reparations th

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A Guide to Racial Justice Work in Your Congregation

July 15, 2025

“We strive to become an anti-racist organization. We commit to creating a model of antiracism within our organization and to cultivating a shared commitment to this work among our staff and board.” Reconstructing Judaism Strategic Plan Change is possible. We have successfully transformed our Jewish communities in the past. Those

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Collective Liberation Is Our Work: Diversity in the Jewish Community

June 13, 2025

https://vimeo.com/1093155576In this can’t-miss Evolve web conversation, Deitra Reiser, Ph.D., explores the meaning and importance of pursuing diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging in Jewish spaces. She eloquently defends Jewish investment in DEI initiatives at a time when such efforts face growing governmental hostility. Pressing forward, Reiser asserts, is ultimately about

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Shavuot and Accessing Torah for Tumultuous Times

May 27, 2025

“I know our ancestors had it rough, but honestly, what we’re living through feels almost unreal.” Do you find yourself feeling this in your heart? We thought the vulnerability we experienced after the Tree of Life shooting in October 2018 rocked our personal and communal lives enough. But just as

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Yom HaShoah Resource: Profile of Jean Améry

April 16, 2025

The Department for Thriving Communities is sharing a printable resource that congregations and individuals are welcome to use in connection with this year’s observance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), which begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 and continues through the day on Thursday, April 24. The resource

If God Had Only Given Us Reparations – Dayenu

April 7, 2025

Building on the momentum of last year’s Haggadah supplement “Adding JOC Voices to Your Haggadah,” the Tikkun Olam Commission has developed a new Passover resource for 2025: If God Had Only Given Us Reparations – Dayenu. This resource applies the practice of reparations to our Reconstructionist Jewish liturgy as a

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Embracing Complexity and Empathy in the Passover Seder

April 2, 2025

The Passover seder is the most widely observed Jewish ritual. Food and family are, of course, big reasons why even the most secular Jews take a seat at the table. Yet many of us are also drawn into the conversation, one that spans generations and is marked by complexity and

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Passover and the Power of Memory

March 28, 2025

The joy of Passover comes from celebrating the our people’s liberation, but how can we celebrate in these troubling times?

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A Holiday of Opposites for an Upside-Down World

March 3, 2025

Rabbi Barbara Penzner writes that Purim is ultimately about the power of human beings to do what’s right.

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The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College’s Move from the Inner-city to the Suburbs

A Guide to Racial Justice Work in Your Congregation

Collective Liberation Is Our Work: Diversity in the Jewish Community

Shavuot and Accessing Torah for Tumultuous Times

Yom HaShoah Resource: Profile of Jean Améry

If God Had Only Given Us Reparations – Dayenu

Embracing Complexity and Empathy in the Passover Seder

Passover and the Power of Memory

A Holiday of Opposites for an Upside-Down World

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