A Note from Dr. Jacob Staub and Dr. Jeffrey Schein:
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The Mordecai Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood website and Evolve have overlapping readerships. Jacob Staub and Jeffrey Schein, directors of Evolve and the Kaplan Center respectively, have begun a tradition of sharing articles that will guide Evolve readers to the Kaplan Center and Kaplan Center folks to Evolve.
Other thought-provoking articles can be found on the Evolve website.
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Evolving Roles of Rabbis
As we approach the 50th anniversary of graduates from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, we celebrate the class of 2024 and take a look at the changing shape of the contemporary Reconstructionist rabbinate.
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Living in the Shadow: The Massacre in York, 1190
by Rabbi Elisheva Salamo, originally published in Evolve As a child, I was fascinated with the tapestry of Bayeux. I was brought up with a needle in my hand, a lover of horses and falcons and antiques and stories. I was taught to look at details for hidden charm, so the tapestry fit into much of […]