The question is an old and venerable one: If God is good, and God is all-knowing, and God is all-powerful, then why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? Rabbi Jacob Staub explores this longstanding question.
The phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” occurs at the end of every Passover seder. This piece suggests ways to use that phrase as an entry point to a deep educational experience.
An email discussion between educators about teaching Hanukkah and the implications of different approaches.
These materials explore Jewish models of resistance to oppression.
During her first pregnancy, Rabbi Amy Klein shared this reflection on the experience of pregnancy in Israel.
Rabbi Jacob Staub reflects on the spirituality of anger, patience, and healing.
The story of Ruth, read on Shavuot, provides a powerful model for welcoming newcomers to the Jewish people.
Reconstructionist Jews believe that the Jewish people created the Torah and the Torah, in turn, has created and recreated the Jewish people throughout history. Shavuot, the festival of giving and receiving the Torah, should be central to our communal life.
This distance learning conference call explores the dynamics of worship and the human impulse to pray, some of the deep structures of Jewish prayer services, and specifically Reconstructionist liturgy.
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