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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

Evacuation Orders

  • by Elizheva Hurvich
ancestors, Israel, refugees, war
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Kaddish for Aylan

“it cannot be a still small voice”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
justice, kaddish, refugees
Birds-eye view of a sandy beach with gentle waves rolling in from a turquoise ocean under a cloudy sky.

Hear the Voices: A Prayer for Refugees

“Blessed are those who wander. / Blessed are those who gather them in.”

  • by Martha Hurwitz
refugees, Ukraine, war
Person walking alone on a sunlit road casting a long shadow.

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.

Good Fortune

Experience of a refugee from the Soviet Union

  • by Yana Kane
refugees
Person walking on train tracks with a brown suitcase, wearing a frilly skirt, polka-dot socks, and boots.

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

Prayer for Tisha B’Av Actions: Jews Say #ClosetheCamps

May this call of the shofar be a bridge between Olam Hazeh and Olam Haba
  • by Rabbi Mónica Gomery
immigration, olam haba, refugees, social justice, tisha b'av
a person holding a sign that says "You shall love the immigrant" in English and Hebrew

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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