Virtual Shabbat Box Archives: June 2023
June 30-July 1
A psychologist/scholar shares her research into Jewish families, as well as her personal experiences as a parent of biracial children.
On the eve of American Independence Day, Rabbi Ayelet Cohen’s poem calls on all Americans — and people everywhere — to strive to be their best selves.
Rabbi Jen Gubitz offers a healing prayer for the United States of America.
From our podcast archives, we have the story of Rabbi Jon Cutler, who served his country for decades as a U.S. Naval chaplain while having to keep his sextual orientation hidden.
June 23-24
As we reach the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, dive deep into this three-part series.
Learn how a climate–change chaplain is helping Jews and other seekers manage very real anxiety stemming from global warming and extreme weather.
A computer scientist explains exactly what ChatGPT is and isn’t — and how it is unlike a mythical creature from Jewish folklore.
Rabbinical student Koach Baruch Frazier offers an inspirational chant that blends a traditional morning blessing with a folk staple.
June 16-17
This meditation on the meaning of freedom by an incoming rabbinical student asks each of us to “remove the shackles of one another.”
Buffie Longmire Avital: Professor, researcher, Jew of Color and mother shares her research on how Jewish parents talk to their kids about race, and how everyone might better tell a multi-racial Jewish story.
Nearly 200 Reconstructionists traveled to the South to confront America’s legacy of racism: This is the d’var Torah that inspired them.
In this podcast, Shahanna McKinney-Baldon — an educator, activist and artist — talks about her time singing for the ska and reggae band Highball Holiday and rediscovering her singing voice in middle age.
June 9-10
There’s much food for thought in this vital web conversation about how non-Orthodox Jews relate to Israel, featuring Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism.
Rabbi Shefa Gold writes that “to stand in God’s presence means to stand outside the whirlwinds of change, anchored in the stillness of center.”
This prayer was created to encourage and empower synagogues and organizations to incorporate LGBTIQ Pride into all gatherings.
This original ritual enables an individual to mark a gender (or any major life) transition surrounded by friends, family and community.
June 2-3
In March, some 200 Reconstructionists traveled to the South to “deconstruct racism to reconstruct Judaism.” This new web page captures the experience in pictures, reflections and more. Sourced from ReconstructingJudaism.org
Activist Sallie Gratch was honored with the Keter Shem Tov award at RRC’s 51st graduation ceremony. Hear her inspiring story.
RRC’s graduating class of 2023/5783 marked a profound moment of transition by creating a beautiful ritual that incorporates the Birkat Kohanim, the priestly blessing.
This mediation asks us to imagine ourselves walking in the desert under a night sky, looking up at a canopy of stars.
