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Virtual Shabbat Box
This Shabbat Box contains essays, meditations and other ways for you to engage with Shabbat.
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July 3-4
Watch: Rosh Hodesh Tammuz — Uncovering Women’s Practices in Ancient Israel
We are in a time of recovering lost or suppressed histories. In this session Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski looks at a few biblical passages that hint at uniquely women’s religious practices. Sourced from Recon Connect Beit Midrash
Listen: ‘Eli, Eli’
For a moment of calm reflection, listen to Elana Bell singing “Eli, Eli,” by Hannah Senesh. Sourced from Ritualwell
Listen: Sim Shalom/Peace Like a River
This mashup of “Peace Like a River” and “Sim Shalom” is sung by Koach Baruch Frazier. Sourced from Reset: Resilience Practices for Jewish Social Justice Organizations
Read: Reflections on the Field of Jewish Social Justice: Ten Years of Training Rabbis for Activism
In the midst of the greatest flowering of Jewish action for social justice in America since the immigrant generation of the early 20th century, progressive Jewish organizations and Jewishly-identified activists are addressing the whole range of justice issues. Rabbi Mordechai Liebling speaks to the burgeoning interest in how Jewish teachings and practice can support and grow the movement. Sourced from Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
Read: Prayer for America
On this American Independence Day, Rabbi Victor H. Reinstein offers a prayer for our country, that the day may soon rise “when in rainbow chorus we shall sing, ‘We have overcome.’ ” Sourced from Ritualwell
These resources were drawn from:
- Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
- Ritualwell
- Reset: Resilience Practices for Jewish Social Justice Organizations
- Recon Connect
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