Holidays
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with Rabbis James Greene, Jessica Lott, Jeffrey Schein, and Dr. Eric CaplanDecember 11, 2022 Rabbi James Greene is a 2008 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and currently serves as the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. His career has included posts in synagogues, Jewish Community Centers, as well as in Jewish camping. James lives…
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Mordecai Kaplan founded The Reconstructionist in 1935 to popularize his thought and to show its relevance to issues facing American Jews. Accordingly, each issue of the magazine opened with a series of editorials in which current events were analyzed from the standpoint of Reconstructionism. The editorial line was formulated collectively by the Editorial Board, which…
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From Rabbi Morris Allen: In a Haggadah text filled with awe and wonder, perhaps the most significant comment Marcia Falk adds to the traditional Haggadah is this:By far the most important symbol at the table is the community of participants. “Whether two people or thirty are in attendance, tonight we represent am yisra’el, the people…
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From Rabbi Morris Allen: In a Haggadah text filled with awe and wonder, perhaps the most significant comment Marcia Falk adds to the traditional Haggadah is this:By far the most important symbol at the table is the community of participants. “Whether two people or thirty are in attendance, tonight we represent am yisra’el, the people…
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From Rabbi Morris Allen: In a Haggadah text filled with awe and wonder, perhaps the most significant comment Marcia Falk adds to the traditional Haggadah is this:By far the most important symbol at the table is the community of participants. “Whether two people or thirty are in attendance, tonight we represent am yisra’el, the people…
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This webinar with Dr. Marcia Falk, “Mah Nishtanta Ha-Haggadah Ha-Zot: an exploration of my new haggadah, Night of Beginnings” took place on March 13, 2022. Webinar Documents: Chat Log
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The Mordecai M. Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood is proud to have underwritten the production costs of Marcia Falk’s new haggadah, Night of Beginnings. In the essay below—excerpted from the Introduction to that haggadah—Falk presents her goals in writing the haggadah and surveys its unique features. The intention of Night of Beginnings is to do…
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by Sue Penn, Director of Innovation Responsive Reading after Avodah: We Cannot Merely Pray We cannot merely pray to God to end war; For the world was made in such a way That we must find our own path of peace Within ourselves and with our neighbor. We cannot merely pray to…
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(From ReformJudaism.org, with gratitude to the Union for Reform Judaism.) INTRODUCTORY PASSAGE TO THE HAVDALAH SERVICE: HINEI EL As Shabbat ends, the Havdalah candle is lit. It is customary to raise the cup of wine or grape juice high when the last sentence is recited and then proceed to the blessings. ,הִנֵּה אֵל יְשׁוּעָתִי, אֶבְטַח וְלֹא…
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In order to view or download the sources packet for the program, please click here.