Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org Deeply rooted. Boldly relevant. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:25:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/reconjudaism-favicon.png Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org 32 32 The “Next Normal” and Our Movement https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/next-normal-and-our-movement/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 22:18:04 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/news-next-normal-and-our-movement/ The last sixteen months of the pandemic have highlighted the necessity of community as something both poignant and urgent.  With many of us physically removed from our “normal” sites of gathering (i.e., workplaces, schools, cultural venues, “third spaces,” places of worship), we’ve learned to cultivate relationships online, to use digital tools to create new places of meeting and connection, and to experiment with alternative and even more accessible forms of engagement.  Despite the very real challenges of long-term isolation and Zoom fatigue, we’ve found new ways to experience community, to address pragmatic needs, and to fill our souls.

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