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* Join the MORDECAI KAPLAN CENTER FOR JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD for special programming in 5784 in honour of Kaplan’s 40th yartsayt and the 90th anniversary of his hallmark work, Judaism as a Civilization: What Remains Revelatory in the 21st Century in Mordecai Kaplan’s Thought? with Drs. David Ellenson, Arnie Eisen, and Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer (RRC '82), moderated by Dr. Eric Caplan.
Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 3pm ET | Register here
The first of a three-part series in honor of the 40th Yahzeit of Mordecai Kaplan and the 90th anniversary of Judaism as a Civilization!
Co-sponsored by Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Reconstructing Judaism, The Jewish Publication Society, Linda Rich and Ittai Hershman, Rabbi Jeffrey Weill, and RRA Members Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben (HUC '76), Rabbi Dennis Sasso (RRC '74), Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (RRC '74)
Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 3pm Eastern
The Hanukkah Gift to the Jewish People and World that Keeps on Giving with Drs. Rabbi Deborah Waxman (RRC '99) and Elias Sacks on the significance of Judaism as a Civilization as we approach the 90th anniversary of its publication in 1934. Co-sponsored by Reconstructing Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, & The Jewish Publication Society
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 3pm Eastern
The Great Kaplanian Report Card: Valley Beth Shalom as a Kaplanian Playground with Rabbis Ed Feinstein and Jeffrey Schein (RRC '77) on the successes and challenges of implementing the Judaism as a Civilization program. Co-sponsored by The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and The Jewish Publication Society
* Ritual Well Courses
Looking online for creative Jewish learning, inspiration, and connection? Check out these UPCOMING CLASSES on ritualwell.org :
Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov
with Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein
Mondays, Oct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 20, 27 @ 1 p.m. Eastern
Honoring Heirloom through Words: Writing to Discover & Declutter
with Ellen Blum Barish & Gari Julius Wilbacher
Wednesdays, Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8 @ 12 p.m. Eastern