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Yom Kippur Dancing

“What are my hollow prayers, compared to this, / this whirling, twirling, joyous atonement alive?”
  • by Alan Walowitz
atonement, joy, prayer, synagogue, yom kippur
Ballet dancer sitting on cobblestones, adjusting pointe shoes, shown in black and white.

Though the Fullness Cannot Be Spoken

“That each struggle, joy, and life is intertwined…”
  • by Nick Pipitone
connection, God, joy, mindfulness
Person standing in a field at sunset, arms raised, enjoying the open landscape and warm light.

Joy of Purim

“And every year we lift our voice To celebrate, to laugh, and to rejoice!”
  • by Mikhail Lazarevich Gurfinkel
Esther, joy, megillah, Purim
Two people examine a large megillah scroll with colorful illustrations and Hebrew text, pointing at different sections.

We Want To Know Why

“We are Moses on the mountain begging to behold a Presence…”
  • by Jacqueline Jules
grief, joy, Moses
Blue sky with scattered clouds above tall, rugged sandstone canyon walls in a desert landscape.

Now that Adar Has Arrived

A Responsive Reading for the month of Adar
  • by Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer
Adar, hope, joy, light
Silhouetted bush against a golden sunrise in a misty field.

A Prayer of Thanks After Your Child’s B’nei Mitzvah When You’re Divorced

Our family, so shattered, so seemingly broken, was given new life today.
  • by Reb Ezra Weinberg
B Mitzvah, divorce, gratitude, joy, miracle
a person in a purple tallit gathers the four tzit-tzit in their hands

Season of Our Joy

“I squeeze the etrog and smell it, and my heart swells. / The mitzvah is to take the dare…”
  • by Jodi Rosenfeld
etrog, joy, lulav, Sukkot
lulav and etrog

Tisch Songsheets

Three songsheets to use for a tisch- for weddings or other occasions.
  • by Reb Ezra Weinberg
celebration, joy, music, tisch, wedding
outlines of people dancing against a rainbow shaded background

Embracing Joy: Adar II

“As the new moon of Adar II rises we give thanks for this double dose of delight…”
  • by Lucinda Kurtz
Adar, Adar II, Divine, joy
a crescent moon and stars seen through the lens of a cave

Looking to the Future So We Can Look to the Past

I wish for you an Elul that is full of future-tense language.
  • by Rabbi James Greene
audio, change, Elul, growth, hope, joy
the sun shines behind some clouds in a golden 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