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Omer Day 16: Counting on the Covenant

Today, we look to the strength that can be manifested within beauty

Hamentaschen Eating Ritual for Purim

Blotting out our enemies through a ritual for eating hamantaschen

A Kever Avot/Yizkor Prayer

A yizkor prayer, or prayer of remembrance, to be recited upon visiting the grave of a loved one

Middot Omer Calendar

Kavannot for counting the Omer through the lens of middot (Jewish ethical practices)

Moving On: Yizkor and Life Lessons from the Book of Ruth

Reflections on the transformation of mourning to affirmation

A Reading and Activity for Rosh Chodesh Iyar

Responsive readings and group activities for Iyar, mentioning Rosh Chodesh, manna, and Iyar's holidays

Re-imagining Synagogues and Communities

Rabbi Rachel Weiss challenges the assumptions of how a synagogue should operate by highlighting multi-generational programming and interfaith activism at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) in Evanston, Ill.

The Five Steps of Counting the Omer

Including a meditation and the blessings

Real and Enduring

Our stories and traditions are powerful, whether or not they qualify as historical facts. There are 70 faces of Torah, multiple truths that coexist.

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