Read: In Thanks for U.S. Democracy
August 8, 2023
Amid new evidence that the United States came close to losing its democracy after the 2020 election, we revisit Alden Solovy’s ode to democratic institutions and principles.
Amid new evidence that the United States came close to losing its democracy after the 2020 election, we revisit Alden Solovy’s ode to democratic institutions and principles.
Make no mistake; eating disorders can be life–threatening. Brasha Smith’s poem asks a higher power for the strength to sustain sacred life.
Seeking quiet in the ending weeks of August? Rabbi Shelia Weinberg can help. Listen to her encourage you to find your seat and take a couple of easy breaths. Then, listen slowly.
Missed the latest Evolve podcast? Following the Israeli Knesset’s passage of a law geared to gut its independent judiciary, two Reconstructionist leaders share their experiences at some of the demonstrations and articulate sustained engagement with Israel.
This niggun, chanted by Koach Baruch Frazier, invokes compassion, kindness and love.
Laynie Solomon explains Svara’s Trans Halakhah Project that seeks to empower and nourish trans Jews, whose experiences have not yet been reflected in explorations of Jewish law.
How can kids best learn what it means to be a Jew? Meet Rabbi Lily Solochek, who is working with others across the movement to ask that very question and identify some answers.
Check out The Forward’s in-depth retelling of the birth The Jewish Catalogue — featuring several Reconstructionist voices — and its impact upon Judaism today.
Rabbi Maurice Harris asks the One who blessed our ancestors and Israel’s founders to give them the strength to “save the State of Israel’s democracy, because we have learned that democracy is sacred.”
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