The Mikvah as Spiritual Therapy
by Elyse GoldsteinFrom CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter/Spring 1995 Reprinted with permissionIn recent years the popularity and appeal of traditional ritual in our movement have grown...
View ArticleThe Bindings That Tie
by Erik RosenPhotos by Peter SheflerFrom Hadassah Magazine, October 1997 Reprinted With PermissionDo not reprint without permission of author --- contact Hadassah Magazine: 212/556-4521.The Torah is...
View ArticleThe Power of a Prayer Shawl: Exploring Jewish Ritual Objects
by Yael ShumanIllustration by Nancy WinternightFrom Reconstructionism Today, Summer, 1994 Reprinted with Permission.read more
View ArticleObservations of a Rabbi Who Never Became a Bar Mitzvah
By Jack SternFrom Reform Judaism, Winter 1997 Reprinted with permission from the author and Reform Judaism Magazine --- Published by the Union of American Hebrew CongregationsMany years ago I was...
View ArticleFriday Night Live - a research project
This report is meant to be both an analysis of Craig'n'Co's work and a guide to empower synagogue and educational leaders to create worship and ritual moments that are experiential, educationally...
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Rekindling Tradition as Life Partnerships End
It is somewhat surprising that researchers have paid so little attention to how people experience divorce in congregations. Studies that do address the relationship between religion and divorce are...
View ArticleSynagogue Life Should Be Like Handwashing (not hand wringing!)
Rabbi Lawrence A. HoffmanParashat Ki Tissa, 2010read more
View ArticleA Passover Question That Keeps Us Up All Night
Parashat TzavRabbi Lawrence A. HoffmanWe can chart the last half century by the kinds of seder we have had. Fifty years ago, we celebrated an old-country model brought here by grandparents who davened...
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Jewels of Elul 5771
The Jewels of Elul is back with this year's theme, The Art of Beginning...Again.Twenty Nine inspired contributors will share a personal story, about how deal with change. It will include pieces by Noah...
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