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Wilderness Guide Exam

  • by Beth Kanell
Bamidbar, exodus, immigration, refugees
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The Parting Gift

“1935, the girls are packing / for America. / Their parents will not wait for things to get worse.”
  • by Jessica de Koninck
antisemitism, Holocaust, immigration, passover, refugees
Passover Haggadah

The Story That Could Heal

“All that remains to me / of my family’s life in Ukraine… / are four silver kiddush cups…”
  • by Janice Steinberg
immigration, Russia, tisha b'av, Ukraine, yahrzeit, Yiddish
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A Prayer of the Descendants of Many

A prayer for our country.
  • by Alex Carter
Election Day, first peoples, immigration, independence day, juneteenth, thanksgiving, USA
blank notebook with flowers and pen

Vigil: Relentless Nostalgia

“Because they left / We live.”
  • by Rabbi James Stone Goodman
ancestors, immigration, Russia, Ukraine, war
Vintage family photo in a gold frame on a book, with an old suitcase in the background.

Each One of Our Ancestors

“I pray, but I didn’t used to call it praying”

  • by Amy Steingart
ancestors, history, identity, immigration
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Embracing the Stranger

“Let us transcend ourselves and be the arms / of Shekhinah“

  • by Cathy Ostroff
America, immigration, justice, Shekhinah
silhouette of the Statue of Liberty against a sunset

Mi Shebeirakh / Healing Blessing for the US

“May we all know a complete healing to be truly free and whole”

  • by Kohenet Ahava Lilith evershYne
America, blessing, freedom, immigration, justice, mi shebeirakh, refugees, social justice, USA
Silhouette of a person with arms outstretched on a mountain, sun shining through, surrounded by lush greenery.

Kinah on Tisha b’Av 5779: A Call to Close the Camps and Welcome the Stranger

We cry today until we too are parched and empty / We cry until despair and cynicism and immobilizing fear are washed away
  • by Rabbi Robin Podolsky
eikha, immigration, kinah, refugees, social justice, tisha b'av
a barbed wire fence stands in front of a torn American flag waving against a gray sky

From Lament to Action: Closing Prayer for Tisha B’Av Vigil for Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers

Kindle our moral imagination / so that our souls might sense / that redemption is still possible.
  • by Rabbi Annie Lewis
hashiveinu, immigration, refugees, social justice, tisha b'av
close up of border fence against bright blue sky

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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