Great Texts of America Shabbat Sustenance

In this month's Great Texts of America, we will discuss Ursula K Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." We look at this thought-provoking and tragic story through the lens of current events and modern culture, and study it using the same skills and devices we use to study Torah. Click here to […]

Great Texts of America Shabbat Sustenance

Our October Great Texts of America focuses on two texts: Woodie Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," and an excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. We will study these works using the same skills and devices […]

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Erev Shabbat Service – The Pulpit and the Pew

One of the goals of Rebuilding Democracy has been the promotion of viewpoint diversity. At the same time, sermons from the pulpit have long advanced moral causes in our democracy. This format, the sermon from the pulpit, can also be polarizing and divisive due to its mono-directional nature. Pulpit and the Pew is an experiment that encourages sermonic leadership while […]

Shabbat Sustenance – People of the Book

We will begin our Shabbat morning experience with sustenance for the body – bagels and shmear, coffee and tea. From there, we will enter into soul-filled sustenance, that may vary […]

Great Texts of America Shabbat Sustenance

One of the cornerstones of our Rebuilding Democracy Project, Great Texts of America gives us the opportunity to study the foundational texts of our country using the same skills and devices we use to study Torah. The text changes from month to month, but the conversation is always lively and bagels are provided. Click here […]