Reconstructionist Learning Network: Tech Tools for Marketing Success

Learn and share strategies for crafting an effective marketing campaign through email blasts, Facebook ads, graphic design and photo editing in this free Reconstructionist Learning Network starting in March. Each session will include practical instruction and a discussion of best practices. If you attended our previous marketing webinars, please note that this network will include a mix of previously covered and new content. Click here for more information and to register.

Other networks starting soon include: Growth and Development for Small and Mid-sized Congregations.

“Reconstructing Judaism in and Around Montclair Since 1978.”

Bnai Keshet in Montclair, N.J. is using the name of our organization to its advantage in its community outreach materials. With these words, Bnai Keshet signals to its members and prospective members that the community’s Judaism is an active, ongoing project that is relevant, timely and evolving. We extend our gratitude to Bnai Keshet for embracing our organization’s name. Click here to see some of Bnai Keshet’s marketing materials.

Alumni Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

We welcome you to enjoy a special audio series celebrating the first 50 years of RRC.

Listen to the first part of the series: A Rabbinical School Like No Other.

eJewish Philanthropy provides valuable articles for Jewish organizations on topics from marketing to community engagement. The following articles may be relevant to your work and the work of the other leaders of your community:

• When A Retired Rabbi Is The Elephant In The Synagogue
• Rabbi’s Disaster To Do List: 10 Community-Restoring Actions
• Making a Video Without a Budget
• Dismantling the Jewish Organizational Boys’ Club, One Hot Tub at a Time
• Seven Reasons Studying Torah Fuels the Mind

Help amplify Reconstructionist values in the world by sharing our News Professionals Resource Page with any journalists you might know. The page helps them tap into movement expertise at Reconstructing Judaism.

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Public Positions on Current Matters

Reconstructing Judaism endorses and co-sponsors numerous petitions, public letters and statements from aligned organizations and also issues its own public statements on occasion. Here are the statements we have issued and public letters we have signed onto in the last month, either alone or jointly with the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association:

Statement on Recent Events in Israel
In Support of the Johnson Amendment
Letter Opposing Plans to Adopt Legal Definition of Sex
Statement Opposing Trump Plan to Curtail Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People

All of our statements are available at ReconstructingJudaism.org/positions, catalogued by date and by topic.

Reconstructionist Communities and Leaders in the News

Champagne and Aspirin For Strengthening Jewish Community (eJewish Philanthropy)

Advice Process: Revisiting Organizational Decision-Making to Make Executives Our Coaches and Mentors (eJewish Philanthropy)

Reconstructionist Leader Visiting Oregon Communities (Oregon Jewish Life)

What happens after you die? (CBC Radio)

Podcasts From Our Studio

RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities built a professional podcast studio to launch two podcast series: Hashivenu and #Trending Jewish. We hope you will consider sharing the links to and explanations of these podcasts with your community.

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Hashivenu: Jewish Teachings on Resilience

Hashivenu is a podcast about Jewish teachings and practice around resilience. Cultivating resilience, both individually and collectively, is an essential path to personal renewal.

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#Trending Jewish

How does Judaism intersect with contemporary culture and illuminate how people live their lives? Hosts Rachael Burgess and Bryan Schwartzman have a lot of questions, both profound and goofy.