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Sermon: Confronting Internalized Racism
by Rabbi Jen Gubitz A version of these remarks was delivered by Rabbi Jen Gubitz on May 1, 2015 at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA. It was an image out of a utopian movie. Children seated in organized rows. Some dressed in traditional African garments.
Meet the RAC-CA Staff
Lee Winkelman, Field Team organizer Lee Winkelman has been a Field Team organizer for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism since 2015.
Loving Our Neighbors As Ourselves
A version of these remarks was delivered as a sermon by Rabbi Steven M. Fink at Tepmle Oheb Shalom in Baltimore, MD on Friday, May 1, 2015. The wisdom of Torah is applicable in all times and places.
The Perils of Over-Parenting
Permitting children “free-range” freedoms has subjected a growing number of parents to charges of child neglect. A concurrent trend is the increasing busyness of children, keeping them occupied with tasks and activities meant to give them an advantage in the race to get into a good college.
A Mountain of Blintzes
As Shavuot approaches, Sarah, Max and their five children begin to save money to purchase the ingredients for Sarah’s fabulous blintzes, so they can make a mountain of blintzes as big as Mount Sinai! Mother, father and the children each try to bring something to the table to make the blintzes.
A Greening Glossary: Quick Reference
Just what is sustainability? What is "organic"? Do I have a carbon footprint? And what exactly does it mean to be green? The Green Glossary is a compilation of environment-related words and phrases and their definitions.
FAQs About Greening
Find out the answers to some of the most frequently asked greening questions. You can scroll down and browse all frequently asked questions or choose from the list below to jump to a specific question Is environmentalism a Jewish Issue? Yes!
Text Study on the Environment - Caring for the Land
Leader's Materials: You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the period of seven weeks of years gives forty-nine years.
Text Study on the Environment - Environmental Legislation
Leader's Materials Carcasses, cemeteries and tanneries must be kept at fifty cubits’ distance from a town. A tannery can only be set up on the east side of a town [because the east wind is gentle and will not carry the fumes to the town.] Mishnah, Baba Batra 2:9.
Sample Sermon on the Environment - Rabbi Irwin A. Zeplowitz
by Irwin A. Zeplowitz written for Union for Reform Judaism's 10 Minutes of Torah Near the end of the 1999 film Magnolia, there is a frightening scene of a rain of frogs. At first humorous, it suddenly turns horrific, even deadly.