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- Article: Making Yom Kippur Meaningful for Our Children
By Rabbi Devora Bartnoff
Rabbi Bartnoff explores ways for educators and parents to share the meaning of Yom Kippur with children, keeping in mind three goals: heightened moral understanding, a taste of spirituality and a sense of joyfulness within solemnity. Originally published in the Autumn 1993 issue of Reconstructionism Today.
- Article: Next Year In Jerusalem?
By Leslie Brenner, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
An article and dicussion questions reflecting on possible interpretations of the phrase that ends the Passover seder: "L'shanah haba'ah biyerushalayim -- Next Year in Jerusalem."
- Audio Interview: Reconstructionist Education
By Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Dr. Jeffrey Schein and Rabbi Linda Holtzman examine the key components and processes that are integral for effective education according to Reconstructionist philosophy and values. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Lesson Plan: Hashkiveinu - Prayer and Connection, A Lesson for Use with Siddur Kol Hano'ar
By Nicole Wilson-Spiro
This lesson helps children and adults to delve into the meaning and feeling of the Hashkiveinu prayer. The lesson uses a story and other texts from Siddur Kol Hano'ar and and will result in students feeling more comfortable with it.
- Listserve Thread: Hebrew In The Curriculum
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
The record of two discussions that took place on EdTalk, the JRF listserve for Reconstructionist educators, from February, 2001 and November, 2001. The topic is the role of Hebrew within our religious schools. Is it for cultural literacy? Liturgical application? Just to get through the bar/bat mitzvah?
- Prayer: Fuller Aleynu for Siddur Kol Hano'ar
By Or Hadash
Siddur Kol Hano'ar has a truncated version of th Aleynu prayer. Some congregations might want to past a fuller version of the Aleynu into the book. There are versions here, on with transliteration, one without. Both use the Reconstructionist wording.
- Ritual: Three Alternative Versions Of The Prayer For The State Of Israel
By Rabbi Amy Klein
The traditional Prayer for the State of Israel troubles many people with its messianic references. Here are three alternatives from JRF, the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism and the Shtibl Minyan of Los Angeles.
- RT Article: The JRF Liturgy Project Finds Its Voice
By Phyllis Angel Greenberg
Phyllis Angel Greenberg chronicles Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton's journey through Reconstructionism and her emphasis on music as "the medium through which we convey the liturgy."
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