Rabbi Joshua Lesser discusses the importance of nonprofit boards to Jewish and American life. By helping communities adopt board covenants, Lesser uses Jewish wisdom to bring the sacred into organizational management.
Joel Hecker, Ph.D., shares why he’s devoted more than 30 years to studying and teaching Jewish mysticism. The Zohar, Hecker writes, teaches about the hazards of inflexible thinking.
Rabbi Faryn Borella caught the documentary “Holding Liat” at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. The film follows the family of Liat Beinin Atzili, who was held by Hamas for 54 days and whose husband, Aviv, did not return.
Learn how one son in mourning utilized a Reconstructionist approach to build a shiva experience “filled with Jewish joy, sadness and compassion.”
The Evolve podcast recently delved into Matthew Boxer’s survey of more than 1,800 North American Jews about their attitudes towards Israel and Zionism. With one click, check out the episode, as well as Boxer’s essays, presentations and data.
A member of a Reconstructionist community shares how he used the shiva ritual to explore the full complexity of his relationship with his deceased mother. This helped him to grieve and begin healing.
In this literary gem, Rabbi Jacob Staub, Ph.D., brings the reader back to the shiva for his daughter. The piece not only sheds light on mourning rituals, but is a meditation on time, space, memory and trauma.
In this podcast, researcher Matthew Boxer shares findings from his survey of more than 1,800 North American Jews related to Israel. He describes how the lack of the full, nuanced picture of Jewish opinion has harmed discourse and planning within the Jewish community.
Mathew Boxer, Ph.D., who researches the socio-demography and social psychology of the American Jewish community, will be the July guest on the Evolve podcast. Before the episode drops on July 24, read about his survey asking more than 1,800 how they understand the terms Zionism and anti-Zionism.
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