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Dr. Miriam Heller Sternmstern@huc.edu “Judaism is a problem to those who have to teach it, and what Jew is exempt from teaching it?” Mordecai Kaplan opened the 1934 preface to Judaism as a Civilization with an implicit charge: teaching Judaism is incumbent upon all Jews. My approach to Kaplanian living and learning is grounded in…
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Dr. Miriam Heller Stern is Vice Provost for Educational Strategy, National Director of the School of Education and Associate Professor at HUC-JIR. She is passionate about empowering Jewish educational leaders and teachers to engage in their work intentionally, skillfully and creatively. She is the founder of Beit HaYotzer/the Creativity Braintrust, an initiative based at HUC-JIR…
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Primary Contact: Pam Sommerspam.sommers@adatshalom.netAdat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation Though it’s impossible to thoroughly simulate what it’s like to worry about where your next meal is coming from, or where you will sleep at night, the Tikkun Ha’Ir Immersive Project in Hunger and Homelessness seeks to have its participants experience, as well as examine and discuss these…
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Primary Contact: Eric Schulmillercantoreric@rsns.orghttps://rsns.org/ The inspiration for this project began when our congregation undertook a capital campaign to raise money to renovate and refurbish our sanctuary and adjacent spaces. Our community placed a high value on creating spaces which would engender participation and belonging, and to that end, one of the additional rooms that was…
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Primary Contacts:Jeffrey Goldjeffreywgold51@gmail.com Devorah Jacobsondevorahjacobson18@gmail.com PDF of Stolen Beam In what ways is the Stolen Beam “Kaplanian in spirit?” Working for social justice was an essential part of Kaplan’s vision. “The Jewish religion,” he wrote, “should articulate and urge upon us those values which would impel us to utilize our abilities and our opportunities both…