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Online Auction Extended through March 31, 2010
We’re off to an exciting start with JRF’s online auction! More and more people are learning about the auction and visiting the site, and we appreciate all your help in spreading the word. We have decided to extend the auction so that more people will have a chance to see our great spread. The auction will now run through March 31, 2010 at 5:00 pm EST.
Have you checked out our great auction items yet? We have books, beautiful jewelry, specialized services, vacation and travel packages, and much more! Here's your chance to snag some great deals while supporting JRF.
Click here to donate items for our next auction.
Thank you in advance for your support! We look forward to your online bids.
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Good luck!
JRF Supports 2010 JCPA Child Nutrition Seder
For Passover, the JCPA along with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, is once again offering a phenomenal mobilizing event through which JRF communities, congregations from every Jewish stream and local JCRCs can engage community members in meaningful anti-poverty advocacy: The Child Nutrition Seder
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Announcing the Keruv Library: Best practices in creating welcoming Jewish congregational communities
With tremendous excitement, we are launching the Keruv/Outreach page on the JRF website; a center for collective wisdom and experience in models, programs and resources for best practices in creating welcoming Jewish congregational communities. We welcome you to visit www.jrf.org/keruv-library, review the wealth of resources and models, and contribute your own.
The site is a product of two years of intensive, creative work connected to the JRF NY/NJ region's Kehillah Kedoshah: Every Voice Matters Keruv/Outreach project. read more »
The JRF Auction is Now Open!
Now’s your chance to snag some great bargains and support a worthy cause. The first ever online auction of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation is now open! Up on the auction block are jewelry, books, vacation packages, professional services, and much more! Check it out.
Looking for other ways to help make our online auction a huge success?
Donate items to our auction.
Refer friends to our auction so they can place bids too.
Chile Earthquake Relief
Aid for Chile in the aftermath of Saturday, February 27th's tremendous earthquake.
NEW YORK, NY, February 28, 2010—In the wake of today’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the world’s largest Jewish humanitarian assistance organization, announced that it will collect funds for relief efforts, said JDC CEO Steven Schwager. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, http://www.jdc.org/templates/media-center-template.aspx?id=4116 read more »
Reconstructionist Press Passover Sale on "A Night of Questions" Items
This year, for Passover, the Reconstructionist Press is offering special discounts on all A Night of Questions items through the holiday.
Soft Cover - This popular haggadah is being reprinted and will be available to ship in early March. We are offering each book at $18.00 when you purchase 10 or more, so that your seder can be well-stocked. To take advantage of this discount, click here to go to the JRF bookstore and use the discount code "nqbulk" when at checkout.
Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Hard Cover - We are offering a great discount on this limited edition. The regular price is $72.00, but you can buy it now for $27.00! This is a great gift, a wonderful edition to keep. This was printed in 5769 / 2009 to celebrate the Reconstructionist haggadah's 10th anniversary and includes a new section, "The Seder as a Spiritual Practice" by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld. Click here to order!
Music from A Night of Questions: CD by Shabbat Unplugged - This wonderful collection of music inspired by the haggadah is $22.00. Right now it is on sale for $9.99! Click here to order!
All of these discounts are for a limited time only, so take advantage now!
Judaism as a Civilization: Mordecai Kaplan's 1934 Classic is Back
Mordecai Kaplan's masterpiece continues to captivate readers three quarters of a century after its initial publication. Judaism as a Civilization is garnering national attention in part due to a January 28 piece by Diane Cole in the Wall Street Journal, titled Invented the Bat Mitzvah, Rejected a Supernatural God. Cole delivers a succinct recap of Kaplan's life and challenges, and explains why Judaism as a Civilization remains relevant today.
The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation is proud to have partnered with the Jewish Publication Society to reprint the book that inspired the birth of the Reconstructionist movement. Many consider this work to have contributed more than any other to the shaping of contemporary North American Judaism. JRF is grateful to Mel Scult, Kaplan's principal biographer, for providing this edition with a new introduction. This edition is dedicated to one of Kaplan's closest and most influential disciples, Rabbi Jack Cohen, in celebration of his 90th birthday.
You can order the book from the Reconstructionist Press's online bookstore: here. Affiliate members receive 20% off after checkout. You can also order copies from JPS.
Haiti Earthquake Relief - Responding to the Disaster
JRF is encouraging our member communities and people everywhere to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti due to the recent disasterous earthquake there. To expidite donations we are not setting up a separate donation fund, rather encouraging donations to our partner organizations who work directly on the ground in relief efforts. read more »
Global Jewish Climate Change Campaign and Sustainable Synagogue Resources
Click here for Reconstructionist movement and other general resources for living a sustainable, Jewish life!
JRF Events
2010 JRF Chesapeake Annual Celebration
Plan to join us on Sunday, March 21, 2010 for the Chesapeake Annual Celebration in support of Reconstructionist Judaism, our congregations and JRF. This year we will be holding the Chesapeake JRF Annual Celebration at Oseh Shalom Congregation in Laurel, MD.
Visit our online form to place your tribute and reservations. read more »
This is the 18th Anniversary of Oseh Shalom's current building and we are very excited to help them celebrate this special year!
Summer Institute for JRF Education Directors & Teachers at Camp JRF July 9 – 11, 2010
Come join your Reconstructionist Educational Counterparts for a fun and education-packed weekend at Camp JRF this summer. There is NO registration fee! The weekend is sponsored by Reconstructionist Educators of North America. For more information, please contact Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy, Summer Institute Coordinator, at rabbianna@gmail.com.
Mayyim Hayyim Mikveh Conference
Mayyim Hayyim (http://www.mayyimhayyim.org/) Community Mikveh and Education Center is hosting the international Mikveh Conference, “Gathering the Waters” in Boston, October 10-12, 2010. JRF is a partner for this event, and we encourage you to attend this exciting program.
The conference will provide an in-depth exploration of the contemporary mikveh in theory and practice. Internationally renowned scholars, clergy, and educators will teach about immersion as a powerful tool for spiritual renewal, marking life transitions, and observing mitzvot.
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