Community
Smashing the Imperialist Napkin Holder: Community Based Congregation Organizing
How does a congregation engage its members in the work to change systemic injustice?
COVID’s Financial Impact on the Jewish Community
Far too many Jews were unprepared to cope with the financial challenges of the coronavirus pandemic . We should take notice and better arrange our finances to meet future challenges.
The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective: Transforming Trauma and the Wellsprings of Renewal
Who is Jewish? Perhaps the person who, while never sure of it, by and by discovers his Jewishness...
A Fresh Look at Who We Are and What That Means
The latest Pew study suggests that the Jewish community in the United States will only flourish if we address the interests of unaffiliated young Jews: social justice and a willingness to criticize Israeli policies.
Revisiting Rituals: Offering Non-Alcoholic Options
For a person who is an alcoholic or for a family that contains an alcoholic, little or no acknowledgement is given to the recognition that a glass of wine can often be toxic.
Celebrating Purim in Recovery: Shared History and Personal Experience
For those who live with addiction or substance dependency, there are occasions that test one’s commitment to sobriety. The greatest gift we can give is to dispense with any expectation of inebriation as a mitzvah or an obligation.
Philanthropy in a Time of Crisis—and Why History Matters
How might we re-envision philanthropy so it is less a handmaiden to capitalism and more an agent of the broad citizenry of democracy?
Noticing Jews of Color in Our Communities
The challenge is to become more aware that Jews of Color rightfully belong in our communities, and then to welcome and support them in the multiple ways in which it may be appropriate.
A New Theory of Interfaith Marriage
We need a new theory of interfaith marriage in which the covenant is understood to be between God and people who are Jewishly engaged. What matters is the engaging itself, not whether the person engaging is a Jew or not.
Leviticus Has the Answers: COVID-19 and Community Welfare
The biblical response to contagion: Self-quarantine voluntarily, even if you personally have nothing to gain from doing so, for the good of the community.
God Cafes
In our culture, talking about our experience of God/the Divine or our relationship with God/the Divine is uncommon and even countercultural. Doing so often satisfies a deep need.
The Snuggle for Survival
As individuals and families, as communities and nations, we can best survive with one another and not against each other.
Beyond Inclusion: How Converts to Judaism Are Transforming Communities
Jews by choice contribute immeasurably to the Jewish community. Their experiences, questions and perspectives invigorate the Jewish world and open exciting possibilities for the evolution of Jewish civilization.
Advice Process: Revisiting Organizational Decision-Making to Make Executives Our Coaches and Mentors
Towards leadership models for Jewish communal leadership that empower at all levels and lifts up the unique expertise of leaders, regardless of hierarchy.
Radical Inclusion
Declarations that everyone is welcome in a community are insufficient for Jews who do not identify as white. Jewishness is not the sole or primary identity for those who are oppressed and endangered because of the color of their skin.
Evolve is a project of Reconstructing Judaism
