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A nurse gently holds a newborn baby above a hospital scale in a brightly lit room.

Protected: Between Chaos and Light: Birthing a Child, Birthing Ourselves 

Be brave and willing to be present to the moment — untamed, treacherous and holy.
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A person stands on a hill silhouetted against a star-filled night sky and the Milky Way.

Protected: God’s Humanity: Strengthening the Relationship

I derive strength from imagining that God prays for strength to do what is right.
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Protected: Have We Composed Enough New Melodies?

Music can be understood as another form of midrash, textual interpretation.
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Protected: Encountering the Divine Within: Judaism as a Spiritual Practice

God created each of us as an individual with the inherent need to be in relationship with another, to connect with another and to share with another.
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A large, dark stone slab inscribed with ancient text in three different scripts, displayed in a museum.

The Continuing Salience of Kabbalah

I continue to find myself nourished by the Jewish mystical tradition.
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A black bowl filled with dry chickpeas, with a few chickpeas scattered on a white surface.

Chickpeas: What My Daughter Taught Me During the Year of Mourning Her

Maybe the past isn’t as dead and buried as we think.
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A single red candle burns in the darkness, with a bright, glowing flame.

Black Fire on Green Kugel: My Experiment in Reconstructing Shiva

Shiva provides an opportunity not only to celebrate the life, but also to face the painful side.
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Cremation, Resurrection and the Journey of Consciousness: Jewish Sources and Contemporary Reflections

Is cremation a permissible practice for Jews?
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I’m Religious, Not Spiritual: The Nuances of Obligation

The value of a community is how its existence serves and sanctifies within itself and beyond itself.
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What Is Mine to Do?

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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

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

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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The Reconstructionist Network

A blank white square with no visible content.
A pure white, blank image with no distinguishable features or content.
A blank white square image.

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