Learn about the growing awareness of the liberatory potential of Torah — and how rabbinical students are taught that Judaism and Torah are powerful, meaningful and guiding resources for movements.
Rabbi Alan LaPayover demonstrates how a Reconstructionist take on this medieval poem reframes our understanding of the “Festival of Lights.”
In this poem, Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein shares both emotional anguish and his source of hope.
Poet Ellen Blum Barish reminds us that oil from olives once helped us rededicate the temple, and so, too, do they bring light into our dark world.
Hanukkah isn’t a time of hiding – it’s a time to let our light shine, teaches Rabbi Isaac Saposnik.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer shares how she is using her creative spark to generate new light each day.
Marques Hollie, a Reconstructionist Rabbinical College student, shares that even in times of extended darkness, each day can bring light, if we just look for the miracles of right now.
In this message for the first night of Hanukkah, Rabbi Deborah Waxman illuminates the blessing of reciting blessings.
Add a new dish to your Hanukkah festivities by learning to make Aruk, Iraqi fried veggie patties.
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