Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations

Evolve seeks to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day.

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These new and previously published essays offer a range of perspectives on how to engage with Torah, Revelation, Shavuot and, ultimately, Judaism itself. Check them out here: https://t.co/Fhh8dLR2cc

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Just as we open the door to new adventures, we close another door behind us. Read "Endings and Beginnings" by Rabbi Nicole Fix: https://t.co/4Q0F55Ij9R

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Don't forget to listen to the latest Evolve episode for High Holiday inspiration: https://t.co/5uA1l9xJ9Y

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In this pre-High Holidays episode of the Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations podcast, Bryan Schwartzman asks Rabbi Nathan Kamesar of Society Hill Synagogue in Philadelphia how he prepares to lead Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. https://t.co/ENJCAqpOMz

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The next episode of Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations drops tomorrow (Aug 31) - be sure to subscribe today if you're not already listening: https://t.co/ENJCAqpOMz

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Have you ever struggled to explain racism to your kids? Then be sure to catch our conversation w/ psychology professor @LongmireAvital who shares her latest research as well as her own perspective as the mother of two biracial sons. @EvolveRecon

https://t.co/ENJCAqpOMz

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Join us for a web conversation on Mon, June 12 @ 2 pm EDT with Rabbi Amy Eilberg. Rabbi Greenberg will discuss the pain experienced by lifelong lovers of Israel as we, like her, find the current developments in Israel/Palestine.

https://t.co/qmlV2D3zsj

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Don't forget to join us TODAY (Thurs, March 23) at 2 p.m. EDT for "Choosing Life: The Spiritual Challenge of Climate Crisis and Environmental Racism" with Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Rabbi Jacob Staub.

Register here for FREE: https://t.co/br7d3d0Ggj

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As you start thinking and preparing for your Passover Seder, we invite you to read "What to the Black Jew Is Passover?" by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

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Join us for a real-time web conversation on Thursday, March 23, at 2 p.m. with Rabbi Julie Greenberg, based on her Evolve essay, “Choosing Life: The Spiritual Challenge of Climate Crisis and Environmental Racism": https://t.co/ej1IaElnZ8

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We've got a new Evolve Podcast episode w/ Rabbi Daniel Swartz, the director of @coejl

We talk about the philosophical & theological questions Rabbi Swarz has wrestled with in his work, a global religious leaders meeting at the Vatican & meeting the Pope! https://t.co/VMOEeWIzTa

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For those who live with addiction or substance dependency, there are occasions that test one’s commitment to sobriety. The greatest gift we can give is to dispense with any expectation of inebriation as a mitzvah or an obligation.

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"The myrtle is a lovely plant. Fragrant. Humble. You would never know by looking at her that the myrtle harbors a great secret: Once a year, with the first stirrings of spring, the myrtle transmogrifies into a distant star."

Read this week's kavannah: https://t.co/PIptGFIxvc

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In keeping with the theme of layehudim hayetah orah, “The Jews had light,” Professor Joel Hecker of @RRC_edu offers a short teaching from the Zohar: https://t.co/kh6gq6y9ah

Find more resources and donate to our "Uncover the Light" campaign here: https://t.co/x3qJXFLJrR

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Sign up for our newsletter now to make sure you get this week's groundbreaking new resources as part of our "Uncover the Light" campaign: https://t.co/CqMzEVtyhI

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For those supporters who are able to contribute $250 or more, we are offering access to five online hour-long shiurim, study sessions.

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Famous teaching tells us it is obligatory to become intoxicated on Purim to the extent 1 can't tell the difference between “Blessed be Mordecai” & “Cursed be Haman.” @Rabbi_360

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How do we giddily celebrate the world gone mad in Sushan when our weather foretells our own world gone mad?

Read "The Constant Mask: Purim in a Winterless World" by Rabbi Benjamin Weiner: https://t.co/LfFdkQNjlG

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Read this week's Kavannah, "Writing Your Own Megillah" from RRC Student, Steph Breitsman in: https://t.co/Ucj7piu4Hf

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Evolve is turning five and we are celebrating with extra essays, video teachings, web conversations and kavanot. Be sure to not miss when these groundbreaking pieces drop. Sign up for our newsletter now: https://t.co/CqMzEVtyhI