The RRC Music Collective is a group of students at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College who have formed a community around creating and playing songs together. This a cappella performance is an interpretation of the Ashrei prayer, which itself is traditionally recited three times daily and drawn from Psalm 145. The
“The New of Trees” offers profound insights about our inner landscapes.
Learn to make date and nut marble treats for your Tu B’Shavt gathering.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech is excerpted in the Reconstructionist prayerbook.
The national holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. offers ample opportunities for service, action and learning. There’s so much to learn about King’s too-short time on Earth. Too often, school lessons or public discussion of King sticks to a few words from a single speech, leaving out
Each year, as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we often focus on him as a singular leader, a towering figure in the civil rights Movement. Yet this perspective risks overshadowing the reality that no movement is built on one person alone. King himself understood that his influence was
Change is always happening. Our communities and their cultures are in a constant state of being and becoming, learning from the patterns of the past and adapting to the new circumstances of the present.
Every Monday, the Ritualwell team brings our community together for a 15-minute minyan focused on healing prayers. Join Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Ritualwell’s Director of Virtual Content and Programs, for an extended 45-minute opportunity to share prayers for peace and healing, as well as prompts to inspire your own prayers through writing or art. No prior artistic experience is required; our emphasis is on creative expression. Please bring a journal and pen as well as any visual art materials (such as paper, colored pencils, watercolors, etc.) that you may wish to use.
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