The Numinous Power and Storytelling
February 3, 2016
What do Star Wars and the Exodus have in common? Stories of a power outside of ourselves.
What do Star Wars and the Exodus have in common? Stories of a power outside of ourselves.
An act of consent lies at the heart of the whole rabbinic Jewish enterprise. The rabbis understood the covenant at Sinai to be the foundational moment of the ongoing relationship between God and the Jewish people. In order for the covenant to be valid, Israel must have agreed to it.
Elsie Stern looks back on the fall Jewish holidays, and ahead to a year of productive conversations at RRC.
Passover conversations with non-Jews who are part of Jewish communities and families
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
