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- Article: A Group Discussion About Money (RT Winter 1999/2000)
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article from Reconstructionism Today contains a transcript of a conference call involving Rabbi Shawn Zevit, JRF board members and synagogue representatives from the West Coast Region about the Torah of Money workshops.
- Article: A Jewish Approach To Obligatory Giving
By Bob Leventhal, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article explores our discomfort with money, offers some historical perspective and some contemporary solutions of how American congregations have set up their dues structure.
- Article: Dues And Financial Policy: Our Tax For Jewish Citizenship
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article brings a historical perspective on biblical taxation, suggesting that synagogue dues are a tax for Jewish citizenship. It also introduces the idea of "fair share" dues, where individual members' dues vary based on their income.
- Audio Interview: A Torah Of Money
By Lawrence Bush, Sue Hoffman, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Sue Hoffman and Larry Bush engage in a lively discussion about the way money has historically been and can be a spiritual tool for communal and societal transformation. Special focus is given to the meaning ascribed to money, issues of class and social justice in Jewish life. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement. (The Torah of Money is a service mark of the Shefa Fund.)
- Audio Interview: Communities And Resources
By Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Rabbis Shawn Zevit and Mordechai Liebling discuss the uses and variety of values-based approaches to money and other resources in congregational planning, dues, budgets, building campaigns, fundraising and tzedakah. This program relates to the JRF leadership workshop and resource book on Jewish Values-based Approaches to Financial and Human Resources by Rabbi Zevit. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Bibliography: Books On Values And Resources
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A list of books about Jewish values and money.
- Bibliography: References for a Values-Based Decision Making Approach to Greening Synagogues
By Roni Handler, Derek Rosenbaum
A collection of resources that help groups engaging in a values-based decision making approach to greening congregational spaces. The list is divided into print and online materials.
- Bibliography: Resources On Money And Congregational Life
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy
An annotated bibliography of books and articles about Jewish perspectives on money.
- Community Discussion Guide: Parashat Noah: A Community Discussion For Disaster Planning
By Rabbi Fredi Cooper
What are the provisions that we have made in our community to care for our members if a disaster should strike during the operation of the building? How much can this community invest in this preparation? These are just two of the questions raised in this thoughtful guide to a community discussion on a topic most people want to avoid.
- Dvar Torah: Walking the Walk: The Sacred Art of Energy Conservation
By Rabbi Brant Rosen
Rabbi Brant Rosen makes a passionate plea, textually based, for building environmentally sustainable synagogue. His own congregation, The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) of Evanston, IL is an example.
- Essay: The Halakhic Basis For Community Financing Of Jewish Life
By Cliff Cohen
A perspective on taxes and community responsibility throughout Jewish history that sheds light on today's congregational practices of collecting dues.
- Evaluation Tool: Values Inventory
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
An exercise examining your congregation's goals and values, evaluating successes and planning for the future.
- How to: Budgets: Living Our Values In A Financial Plan
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide to exploring your community's relationship to money and creating a budget for your congregation based on your values and priorities.
- How to: Disaster Preparedness And Response For Clergy And Congregations
By Patricia Hayes
Recent hurricanes have demonstrated the importance for clergy and caring teams to receive excellent disaster preparedness, training, and response. This article provides practical suggestions for community disaster planning.
- How to: How JRF Synagogues Can Pursue TZEDEC
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide for congregations to realize their tikkun olam vision of increasing economic justice in America’s low-income communities as part of the Shefa Fund's TZEDEC campaign.
- How to: Organizing Money: Capital Campaigns And Fundraising
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide to values-based, community-oriented fundraising. Includes sections on general/annual fundraising, capital compaigns and solicitation.
- How to: Planning For Change: Dollars And Sense
By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide to thinking about and implementing long-term strategic planning in your congregation as a community building process.
- Program Description: Tzedakah And The Jewish Holidays: Giving For Social Change
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Ideas for giving opportunities throughout the Jewish year. Connects each Jewish holiday to the concept of tzedakah and recommends a relevant type of benficiary to support.
- RT Article: Money and Congregational Life
By A Symposium
This article is not online. You can read it in the Winter 1999/2000 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 7 Number 2.
- RT Article: Tzedakah and Social Action
By Jeffrey Dekro, Betsy Tessler
This article discusses the concept and practice of tzedakah, and its potential interplay with other Jewish values. From the Winter 1993 Reconstructionism Today magazine. Volume 1 Number 2.
- RT Article: Wealth and Covenant: Judaism's Economic Wisdom
By Lawrence Bush
Judaism's economic wisdom and the social responsibility movement. From the Summer 1997 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 4 Number 4.
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