Read: Blessing for Pride
June 6, 2023
This prayer was created to encourage and empower synagogues and organizations to incorporate LGBTIQ Pride into all gatherings.
This prayer was created to encourage and empower synagogues and organizations to incorporate LGBTIQ Pride into all gatherings.
Rabbi Shefa Gold writes that “to stand in God’s presence means to stand outside the whirlwinds of change, anchored in the stillness of center.”
There’s much food for thought in this vital web conversation about how non-Orthodox Jews relate to Israel, featuring Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism.
This mediation asks us to imagine ourselves walking in the desert under a night sky, looking up at a canopy of stars.
RRC’s graduating class of 2023/5783 marked a profound moment of transition by creating a beautiful ritual that incorporates the Birkat Kohanim, the priestly blessing.
Activist Sallie Gratch was honored with the Keter Shem Tov award at RRC’s 51st graduation ceremony. Hear her inspiring story.
In March, some 200 Reconstructionists traveled to the South to “deconstruct racism to reconstruct Judaism.” This new web page captures the experience in pictures, reflections and more. Sourced from ReconstructingJudaism.org
It’s revelatory to hear the blessings for reading the Torah and haftarah recited in feminine God language.
Rabbi Elyssa Cherney writes that revelation is ongoing and that “engaging with the truth may not always be the easiest path, yet there is much reward in working towards a better world.”
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