Read & Watch: Race, Religion and American Jews
April 25, 2023
Learn about how two scholars explore the intersection of Judaism and race as part of this Center for Jewish Ethics project.
Learn about how two scholars explore the intersection of Judaism and race as part of this Center for Jewish Ethics project.
Recorded late last year, this interview with Reconstructionist lay leader Marc Overbeck includes an articulation of hope for Israel as a Jewish democratic state and defender of human rights.
Rabbi Amy Eilberg writes about how Israel helped cement her Jewish identity yet, for now, she can’t bring herself to sing its national anthem, “Hatikvah.”
In this prayer, Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein reminds us that it is “very easy to destroy, but infinitely harder to build. May we remember that there is no future for any of us without all of us.”
Reconstructing Judaism has assembled a trove of resources to better understand Israel’s Memorial and Independence Days from a Reconstructionist perspective.
Rabbi Maurice Harris, whose Moroccan Jewish family found refuge in Israel, traces his evolving thinking and feelings about Zionism, the Palestinian experience, antisemitism and the ongoing conflict.
A Chicago-area couple’s Reconstructionist journey leads to a transformative gift to the movement and a hope to inspire others.
This ritual for Passover Yizkor uses the elements as metaphors for memory, grief and stability.
Rabbi Jen Gubitz’s poem prepares us for Passover Yizkor, evoking memory, joy and loss intoned to the rhythm of the Jewish calendar.
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