Evolve continues to publish essays discussing the practice of brit milah (ritual circumcision. They are gathered here.
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New Startup Challenges Circumcision Status Quo
Bruchim is a startup nonprofit that advocates for Jewish families opting out of circumcision and others who object to the practice. Bruchim holds that forgoing circumcision is fully compatible with traditional Jewish values and full Jewish engagement. The organization...
Transcription of Cultivating Resilience Through the Practice of Lament, a talk by Dr. Koach Baruch Frazier from “Avodah Presents: Speak Torah to Power”
Shalom aleikhem. [Aleikhem shalom from audience.] We have a tradition of dedicating our learning to people who have inspired us. And on Friday, a good friend and teacher of mine passed from this world to the next. And so, tonight, I am dedicating my learning with you...
Worship for Agnostics: Building a Personal Relationship with a Nonpersonal God
They envisioned you in an abundance of metaphors. You are one in all of those images. Shir Hakavod (12th-century Germany) How can you have a personal relationship with a God who is not (necessarily) personal? I preface this essay with a line from Shir Hakavod[1] to...
Facing You Facing Me
Moses misunderstood in the cleft of the rock. He was trapped in the essentialist fallacy. Up on the mountain, on top of the world, after forty days suspended over the clear, crisp desert vistas, of leaning into Your muscular arms, penetrated by Your words, imbibing...
A Tribute to Rabbi Jacob Staub
We are pleased to offer the following essays as a tribute to Evolve's editor, Rabbi Jacob Staub, upon his retirement from RRC: Jacob Staub: Student and Teacher of Middot by Rabbi David Jaffe Jacob Staub's Impact on Reconstructionist Rabbinical Education by Elsie Stern...
Climate Justice & Environmentalism
January Adult Ed Beit Midrash
Rabbi Joshua Lesser writes frankly about leadership, representation and making assumptions about Jews of color in spaces dominated by white Jews.
Introducing Evolve on Spirituality
An overview of Evolve’s pieces on spiritual practice—from personal, liturgical and practice-based standpoints.
Introducing Evolve on Ethics
An overview of Evolve’s pieces on Jewish ethics.