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Vayeshev: Seen From Afar

“We never threw our brother / into a well, but coveted / his stories and dreams”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
dream, family
waves rippling and crashing to shore

Prayer for Healing after Surgery

“Is it selfish of me to ask / That she not be in pain?”
  • by Betty Pollack Shapiro
family, healing, health care, surgery
closeup of white arm with an IV in it in a hospital bed with person standing near bed

Devarim

“It was on an island of death / That my mother / Visited me.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief
person with backpack on standing outdoors looking out onto a misty sky with blurry landscape in the distance

Hukat Olam

“It is a cosmic principle … the Eternal Mystery”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief, growth, healing, mikveh, parent, water
Hukat Olam

Not in This World or in the Next

“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
family, grief, memory, siblings
Not in This World or in the Next

Radical Shabbat Guide

An easy-to-follow Shabbat guide that is informative and inclusive
  • by Madison Emmanuelle Slobin & Cantor Shira Stanford Asiyo
at the shabbat table, candle lighting, family, motzi
Radical Shabbat Guide

Safety Box

“My ancestors speak to me there in that small, windowless room”
  • by Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
ancestors, family, healing, suicide
Safety Box

You Can’t Bring Back the Dead

“You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah”
  • by Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
family, grief, mourning, yizkor
You Can’t Bring Back the Dead

Prayer for Those Yearning for a Child

“We pray that those yearning to conceive, carry, foster or adopt will lead to a joyful outcome”

  • by Rabbi Ilana Zietman
baby naming, brit milah, family
Prayer for Those Yearning for a Child

Wrapping, Embracing

“Every garment I inherited from you / is something to wrap in”

  • by Janice Steinberg
family, feminism, love, tallit
Wrapping, Embracing

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Havaya Summer Programs

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

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Placement Office

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Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

light through the trees

Presence and Absence: Images of the Divine in Kabbalah

In this study of the Zohar, Rabbi Margie Jacobs will guide you in exploring the Shekhinah, the feminine, immanent, indwelling Sacred Presence, through the use of art materials and reflective writing. Four sessions starting May 7, 2024. 

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis