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But what was the labor movement’s fight for shorter days and workweeks about, if not the social morality of time? And how about the way we’re always recalibrating our feelings for our friends, or our sense of how they feel about us, with the neurotic precision of a Larry David, based on how many minutes they’ve kept us waiting? If other people’s us
... See moreJudith Shulevitz • The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
deepening Create an event especially for women on a spiritual path. Maybe it is a silent meditation in solidarity with Syrian refugees or for the restoration of the Amazon rain forest. It could be a writing group using the writing practice methods of Natalie Goldberg (see “Writing Practice Guidelines” for a taste). Perhaps you will be singing sacre
... See moreMirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Sam Pressler • Building societal structures to hold the messiness of our relationships
Wolf Von Eckardt entitled Back to the Drawing Board.
Ray Oldenburg • The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
In our vision of a yeshiva, the students—adult men and women—would learn how to learn Jewish texts.
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
when all Jews have access to the entire marketplace of ideas and beliefs, an authentic sense of being Jewish—of Jewishness—requires living as a Jew, doing Jewish in some way.