January 25, 2021 — Cultivating gratitude for the good which is not yet

August 19, 2020 — Unable to hear the shofar this year in person, Aviva took matters into her own hands

May 18, 2022 — Reconstructionist Jews believe that the Jewish people created the Torah and the Torah, in turn, has created and recreated the Jewish people throughout history. Shavuot, the festival of giving and receiving the Torah, should be central to our communal life. 

May 18, 2022 — Rabbi Jacob Staub reflects on the difference between welcoming others and seeing through their eyes.

May 18, 2022 — This compilation of quotes from various text sources conveys Jewish values regarding people with special needs.

May 18, 2022 — Further resources on embracing the stranger within.

April 29, 2022 — Belonging connects us to something larger than our own individual experience. I belong to the Jewish people because claiming this connection enters me into a millennia-old conversation and joins me into community both vertical—all those who came before me and all those who follow—and horizontal—the Jews of today, in all our diversity.

April 29, 2022 — From its very beginnings, the Jewish story is full of journeys. When it comes to racial justice work, the Reconstructionist movement is in the midst of a profound journey.

April 29, 2022 — Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum has never been one to shy away from a challenge. She has operated a dairy farm in the Missouri Ozarks, eked out a living as a classical cellist, enrolled in the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in her 50s and started a new life in Israel in her 60s. Now a member of Israel’s largest grassroots movement, she is pursuing a goal that’s eluded the world for a century: a negotiated political settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians.