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 SUMMER '13 COVER STORY Journeying in Cyberspace Technology opens wonderful worlds for children—but may also carry risk. Dr. Wendy Mogel discusses how we can successfully navigate our new cyberworld. Read the digital edition on computer or smartphone by clicking on the cover. The entire magazine is on the left.
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Invasion of the Machines
a conversation with Wendy Mogel
How to set sensitive and moral digital boundaries.
Camp Unplugged
a conversation with Louis Bordman
Why cell phones are banned at URJ camps—& the result.
The 'I' in Internet
by Alison Kahler
The Internet is a portal to a better me.
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FEATURE STORIES
Reinventing the Synagogue
a conversation with Allison Fine
Congregations need to rethink the old model whereby members feel they are cogs in an institutional system. We need a new model—of community rooted in conversation—to nourish the feeling of "matter-ness."
What Your Heart Can Teach You
by Alan Morinis
Can you think of a time when you felt so overwhelmed by power and mystery, it triggered awe, fear, and reverence all at once? At such moments, our heart is open to discovering the essential meaning of our lives.
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NEWS & VIEWS OF REFORM JEWS
Action: The Biennial as Change Agent
How Reform synagogues turned their Biennial experiences into lasting change, re-energizing congregants, increasing membership, engaging youth, involving young families, and reviving a caring community.
by Julie Schwartz
Chairman's Perspective: Join Me in San Diego
The next Union for Reform Judaism Biennial and Women of Reform Judaism Assembly will convene December 11-15, 2013 in San Diego, and I urge you to be part of it.
by Stephen M. Sacks
 
Debatable: Should We Support Physician-Assisted Suicide? Phil Cohen (yes) and Barry Block (no) Rabbi Phil Cohen: "Let us offer a humane response to patients who needlessly suffer." Rabbi Barry Block: "Don't short-curcuit the deep meaning in the natural process of death."
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RJ INSIDER's GUIDE
TO ISRAEL TRAVEL
Travel Guide Only
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Ecotourism
Israel is now a world leader in green innovation. Here is a sampling of the many initiatives open to the eco-traveler.
by Darryl Egnal
Israeli Inventions at Work
A camera you can swallow, cell phone photos, drip irrigation, all-electric car transport system...
by Stephen Wise
Museums
Experiencing what it's like to be old, deaf, or blind... operating Leonardo da Vinci's canal lock... virtually meeting the pre-State volunteer fighters...
by Abigail Klein Leichman
Israeli Inventions
in the Works
Space age rapid transit, cardboard wheelchair, revolutionary toilet...
by Nicky Blackburn
Reform Congregations
Cultural insight into Israel's 40 Progressive communities.
a Reform Movement Collaboration
Map: Visiting Your Family
A guide to all 40 IMPJ congregations, with worship and contact information and a color-coded Visitor's Map of every community.
an RJ-ARZA Collaboration
Cuisine
Innovative eateries intermixing immigrant culinary traditions and Middle Eastern and Asian accents.
by Rolene Marks
Fashion
An insider's fashion tour introduces visitors to behind-the-scenes Tel Aviv and reveals much about 21st century Israeli culture.
by Ori J. Lenkinski
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Omitted Contents -
Summer 2013
Because of copyright infringement and other reasons, the following column which appears in the print version of Reform Judaism Summer 2013 is not available on this homepage: “Letters.”
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