How are we to understand the traditional claim that the Torah is divinely revealed? And what exactly is the Torah that was revealed? Rabbi Jacob Staub examines Reconstructionist theology through the lens of the holiday of Shavuot. This article is excerpted from the Guide to Jewish Practice.Â
Why continue to work on reparations when the environment seems so hostile to all things progressive? For one thing, the hardest hits coming down at the moment have the heaviest impact on people of color, whether it’s roundups and deportations of immigrants, abolition of DEI programs and bashing people of color as DEI hires, layoffs of civil service workers in federal jobs, banishing of Black history curriculums, shutdowns of abortion services or the ramping up of dirty fossil fuels. The hits aren’t equally distributed, and neither are the costs. We’re not starting on an equal playing field since so much that’s already owed is past due; therefore, the need to struggle for past-due reparations th
In this hour-long conference call, Rabbi Jane Litman presents an overview of the revolutionary ideas that underlie the first century of Reconstructionist Judaism.
The Tikkun Olam Commission (TOC) invites your community to host a special Shabbat focused on reparations. This movement-wide initiative is a great opportunity to re-engage in the deep reckoning with racial harm and accountability that we began as a movement with the passage of the Reconstructionist Movement Reparations Resolution in January 2023. The goal of the Reparations Shabbaton is to facilitate both ongoing congregational study and action by identifying ways to join local reparations efforts.
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