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Transgender Renaming Ceremony

A ritual for receiving a new Hebrew name after gender transition

Fire

"We will come together, as we always do, to make fire holy in our lives again."

Presents of Presence

Happiness. We all want and seek it and yet this elusive emotion is so difficult to attain—and even more difficult to sustain. 

Guided Meditation for Tashlikh

Takes listeners through the Jewish year and explores their feelings at each season

Dark Days

At this time of year, I like to be outside while the sun sets. When the days are short, there is something especially lovely about witnessing light fade.

Reconstructionist congregations partner across the miles - Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner ('16) and Rabbi Weissman ('17)

Little did these two rabbinical students imagine that within a decade they would bring together their Reconstructionist congregations — one located in Ann Arbor and one in Attleboro, Massachusetts — for joint worship services and holiday celebrations on a platform called Zoom.

Eco-Theology in the Biblical Tradition

Consciousness of the fruitfulness of Earth was the major way of celebration in biblical times.

Nes Gadol Haya Sham: A Great Miracle Happened There

A reading for a baby naming on Hanukkah

Memorial Service for Our Babies and a Reawakening of Hope

A mourning ceremony for twins who died before birth

The Reconstructionist Network

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

The Reconstructionist Network