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Steps Congregations Can Take to Improve Safety and Security for All Their Members, Visitors, and Staff

December 19, 2023

By the Department for Thriving Communities The Department for Thriving Communities is pleased to share this basic guide to improve safety in our congregations. The resources Download PDF Getting Started Worksheet and advice provided here are drawn from many sources, including: government agencies, professional security experts, racial-justice-focused non-profit organizations, other religious

For Hanukkah, to Take Through the Winter

December 15, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IY61A6W38U Rabbinical student Talia Werber reads her poem about, partially, how the lights of Hanukkah can inspire and sustain us through a winter of darkness. For Hanukkah, to Take Through the Winter I like to watch the flames against the wall, not the window. I like to watch the flames against

Rabbi Shelly Barnathan sings Mi Shebeirach

December 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66kUyaRbF5M Focusing intention on courage of all kinds, Rabbi Shelly Barnathan chants Mi Shebeirach, asking for all of us to experience the renewal of body and spirit.

Words of Torah: Integrating Multiple Perspectives into a Narrative

December 1, 2023

Every week, Rabbi Alex Weissman, director of Mekhinah, and cultural and spiritual life at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, emails members of the college community with words of Torah. Here’s his email from Dec. 1, 2023. Dear RRC Community, In case it is not yet clear, I will now be sending

V’Achshav Or

November 29, 2023

We all need more light in our lives. So this year, as you kindle your Hanukkiah, hold the intention to bring light to your day and to our world.

The Alacrity of Avraham – Parashat Vayeira 5784

November 28, 2023

Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss shares this D’var Torah from “Recking with Racism and Imagining a Path Forward” Weekend at Bet Am Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue.

“My Own Thinking Heart” a poem by Rabbi Haviva Ner-David

November 17, 2023

Rabbi Haviva Ner-David shares all of the pain she is holding in this difficult moment before reciting her new poem “My Own Thinking Heart” and offering a creative writing prompt. Taken from Ritualwell’s Nov. 17 virtual gathering, “Holding Each Other.”

Prayers for Healing

November 10, 2023

In this excerpt from Ritualwell’s weekly “Holding Each Other” gathering, Rabbi Janet Madden chants the Oseh Shalom and Mi Shebeirach prayers. Madden lovingly and soulfully expresses what so many yearn for: peace and healing.

“Dusk in October 2023” and “The Israeli Flag Has No Red Stripes” by Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein

November 2, 2023

At Ritualwell’s weekly “Holding Each Other” virtual event, Rabbi Alex Lazurus-Klein read two poems, one written during the Second Intifada and the other composed in the harrowing days following October 7.

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Steps Congregations Can Take to Improve Safety and Security for All Their Members, Visitors, and Staff

For Hanukkah, to Take Through the Winter

Rabbi Shelly Barnathan sings Mi Shebeirach

Words of Torah: Integrating Multiple Perspectives into a Narrative

V’Achshav Or

The Alacrity of Avraham – Parashat Vayeira 5784

“My Own Thinking Heart” a poem by Rabbi Haviva Ner-David

Prayers for Healing

“Dusk in October 2023” and “The Israeli Flag Has No Red Stripes” by Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein

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