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Prayer for a Gathering to Discuss and Combat Antisemitism

“May we remember that we have not come onto this earth to foment hate, anger, and division…”
  • by Rabbi Nathan Martin
antisemitism, community
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Prayer When Leaving a Loved One at the Hospital

“I anchor myself to the beauty of the day and to love / that is the bridge between our fragile lives and eternity.”
  • by Martha Hurwitz
healing, hospital, illness, prayers
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Soul Guiding Prayer

Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael wrote this prayer of comfort after Oct. 7, 2023.
  • by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael
comfort, God, grief, Israel, mourning, Oct 7, Shekhinah, soul
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V’havienu

“Bring together the fragments of my self…”
  • by Spencer J Szwalbenest
healing
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Shomer T’filah for Klal Yisrael

“guard us against tribal instinct ingrained”
  • by jonathan memmert
justice, self-awareness
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Meditation and A Prayer: Awaiting a Medical Diagnosis

“Mi Sheberakh, May the One Who Blessed my ancestors, bless me now with comfort, with strength, and with grounding.”
  • by Rabbi Aderet Drucker
health, medical, resilience
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Singing for That Day: A Reading Before Hallel on Rosh Chodesh Nisan 5785

“The wilderness ahead blurs into an unknowable future…”
  • by Amy Josefa Ariel
antisemitism, captivity, Israel, passover, refugees, war
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Kavanah and Blessing to Begin the Day for Queerness

Rabbi Lily Solochek’s prayer honors complex and vibrant gender identity.
  • by Rabbi Lily Solochek
LGBTQ, pride, queerness
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Kaddish

“May the love that fills our souls bring peace to our troubled minds.”
  • by Helene Aronson
God, grief, kaddish
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Kweer Blessings and Prayers

A collection of LGBTQ+ blessings, poems, prayers, rituals, and kavanot.
  • by Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer
ancestors, coming out, family, intimacy, LGBTQ, mi shebeirakh, name change, polyamory, prayer, queer, rainbow, relationships, sex, shema, single, Sukkot, torah
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The Reconstructionist Network

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Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

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Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

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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