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Have We Composed Enough New Melodies?

Music can be understood as another form of midrash, textual interpretation.

Mimouna Celebration

Mimouna blessings and rituals

Numbering Our Days

As we count our days, weeks, and months, we are reminded that in every moment we have the potential to recreate ourselves and the world around us.   

Why It Is More Important Than Ever to Renounce the Belief That the Jews Are the Chosen People

The belief that Jews are Chosen risks promoting Jewish chauvinism and even racism.

Dignity in Life, Dignity in Death: One Perspective on the Chevra Kaddisha

A touching view of this uniquely Jewish ritual which accords profound respect to the individual between death and burial

Orange on the Seder Plate

A short piece describing the new tradition of placing an orange on the seder plate in honor of women

Freedom Moons

"...moons of freedom / blessing the nights."

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