Read: Deepening Our Connection to the Natural World
February 5, 2025
This engaging collection of essays explores Judaism’s relationship to the natural world, environmentalism and the holiday of Tu B’Shvat.
This engaging collection of essays explores Judaism’s relationship to the natural world, environmentalism and the holiday of Tu B’Shvat.
In a conversation both deeply personal and grounded in history and sociology, Ilana Kaufman, CEO of the Jews of Color Initiative, shares her mission and how the work has been so challenging in a post-October 7 world.
Ilana Kaufman writes about her childhood experiences, the problem of thinking of Jews and Blacks as distinct populations, and how everyone can be inspired and committed to the Jewish future.
Rabbis Sandra Lawson and Alex Weissman share how they worked with rabbinical school faculty and used traditional Jewish practices to confront racism in hearts and minds.
Rabbi Irwin Keller writes about the Taproot Community and his search to more fully understand the biblical Joseph, who might be understood as having lived a life of gender fluidity. Ultimately, Keller hopes “that we might all be seen in our complexity.”
In this podcast, author Myra Sack reflects on her work in grief literacy and her own grief process after the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Havi. She also discusses the importance of observing rituals and finding forgiveness.
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., explains how the concept of covenantal community is crucial to understanding what it means to be a Reconstructionist Jew.
Rabbi Ben Weiner asks how can we understand Hanukkah during a time of war in the Middle East and Ukraine?
In this excerpt from her heartbreaking and powerful memoir, author Myra Sack reflects on the first week after the death of her 2-year-old daughter, and the beginnings of rituals her family would observe.
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
