Reconstructionist Learning Network: Tech Tools for Marketing Success

Learn and share strategies for crafting an effective marketing campaign through email blasts, Facebook ads, graphic design and photo editing in this free Reconstructionist Learning Network starting in March. Each session will include practical instruction and a discussion of best practices. If you attended our previous marketing webinars, please note that this network will include a mix of previously covered and new content. Click here for more information and to register.

Other networks starting soon include: Growth and Development for Small and Mid-sized Congregations.

New Resources

The following resources may be relevant to your work and the work of the other leaders of your community:

• When A Retired Rabbi Is The Elephant In The Synagogue
• Rabbi’s Disaster To Do List: 10 Community-Restoring Actions
• Making a Video Without a Budget
• Dismantling the Jewish Organizational Boys’ Club, One Hot Tub at a Time
• Seven Reasons Studying Torah Fuels the Mind

Help amplify Reconstructionist values in the world by sharing our News Professionals Resource Page with any journalists you might know. The page helps them tap into movement expertise at Reconstructing Judaism.

Stay connected to the Reconstructionist movement

Encourage your members to stay connected to the greater Reconstructionist community by subscribing to our email newsletters through this link: http://bit.ly/ReconEmail.

If you missed an issue of Leadership Brief or Reconstructing Judaism Today, visit ReconstructingJudaism.org/newsletters to see the archive of past issues.

Champagne and Aspirin For Strengthening Jewish Community (eJewish Philanthropy)

Advice Process: Revisiting Organizational Decision-Making to Make Executives Our Coaches and Mentors (eJewish Philanthropy)

Reconstructionist Leader Visiting Oregon Communities (Oregon Jewish Life)

What happens after you die? (CBC Radio)

2019 New York Day of Learning
Feb. 3
New York

Please join us for the New York Day of Learning on Sunday, February 3. The theme is Evolve: Reconstructing Judaism in 2019.

Chesapeake Annual Day of Learning
March 31
2:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Oseh Shalom
Laurel, Md.

Join us for Jewish learning, a reception, Celebration of Honorees and dinner at the Chesapeake Annual Day of Learning at Oseh Shalom in Laurel, Md.

Trans Jews are Here: A Convening
March 29 - 31
New York

Trans and non-binary Jewish individuals are welcome to come celebrate and explore the intersection of transgender identity and Jewish life. Hosted by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah with Keshet, the convening includes Shabbat experiences, workshops, panels, discussions, presentations, and performances.

Jewish Values & the Ethical Now: A Conference in Celebration of Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D.
March 10 – March 11
Philadelphia

A rare opportunity to join cutting-edge scholars and leaders in conversation about how Jewish ethics can address today's urgent questions. Come for the whole conference, or just for the public symposium and dessert reception on Sunday, March 10 at 7:30 PM.

Jewish Liturgical Music Conference and Shabbaton
March 8 – 11
Chicago

This two-day conference — preceded by a Shabbaton — will bring together leading scholars, prayer leaders, and musicians to explore and reflect upon the rich and complex Jewish conversation among music, liturgy, and ritual.

Statement on Recent Events in Israel
In Support of the Johnson Amendment
Letter Opposing Plans to Adopt Legal Definition of Sex
Statement Opposing Trump Plan to Curtail Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People

Click here for our previous statements.