Rucksack

A brown backpack covered in various pins, worn by someone in a brown jacket.

“They’ll find simkha / coiled like a spring, / waiting to burst / into something beautiful…” 

A Blessing for Making Aliyah

A commercial airplane flying through a cloudy blue sky, viewed from below.

“May your journey be one of peace, equanimity, love, justice, compassion, understanding, and a deep sense of home and community.”

A Shabbat Prayer for Peace & Unity

A rocky cliff overlooks a vast, dry desert landscape under a hazy sky.

  We dedicate these Shabbat lights to peace and to lighten the weight of suffering of all those in Eretz Yisrael.   Mayan Hayeinu, Beloved God, Source of All That […]

Parshat Ki Teitzei

Close-up of shattered glass with sharp cracks radiating from a central point, tinted in blue tones.

Sometimes when I read Torah I want to throw things. I want to hurl a glass against a wall and hear it shatter. I want to slam the scrolls themselves […]

The Reconstructionist Network

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Discover how Jewish folklore and personal memory can spark new poetry—join this creative immersion with poet Susan Comninos. 

Give voice to your own stories through the timeless power of myth and writing.

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