A Note from Dr. Jacob Staub and Dr. Jeffrey Schein:
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.
When Things Fall Apart: Divine Absence and Presence
Rabbi Margie Jacobs explores images of Divine Absence and Presence from the Zohar and elsewhere as we approach Tisha B’Av
Kaplan’s ‘New Zionism’, Rabbi Jack Cohen and the State of Israel
Rabbi David Brusin’s Evolve article continues the conversation begun by Rabbi Toba Spitzer about Kaplan’s ‘New Zionism’
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.
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 […]