Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

Our world offers a dizzying array of options for constructing identity and making meaning. In this context, all Jews are Jews by choice. Whether choosing Judaism for the first time, or returning or affirming this path for yourself, the choice to live a Jewish life calls for ritual and communal celebration.

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A Jewish way to mark life’s passages

“May your eyes sparkle with the light of Torah and your ears hear the music of its words” — a prayer for our children based on a talmudic passage

An opportunity to join with others and be witnessed in any life transition, both external and internal

Go forth to a place I will show you, a land you don’t know

A poem dedicated to women who are crafters of tallitot

Originally written for the period of Teshuvah — return — preceding the High Holy Days

The Reconstructionist Network

Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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