FOCUS
THE AFRICAN
CONNECTION

The Road to Redemption
by Josh Ruxin

The Bat Mitzvah
Project that Could
by Lilly Glairon

No Regret
by Selma Burley

Brewing Up Peace
by Carolyn Slutsky

RJ Online Exclusive:
Tikkun Olam
in Uganda 
by Judy Priven 

IN THE BEGINNING

Dear Reader:
Do Not Abandon Shivah
by Eric H. Yoffie

JEWISH LIFE

Jewish Journeys:
The Questioner's
Quest
by Faithann Brown

Books: Reviews
by Bonny V. Fetterman

Books: Significant
Jewish Books
for Discussion
by Bonny V. Fetterman

Fiction Prize:
Introducing
Margot Singer

Morality:
The Duty to Disobey
An interview with
Harold M. Schulweis

Cooking:
Cinnamon &
Orange-Blossom
Seders
by Tina D. Wasserman 

SPRING '09 COVER STORY
Giving Back
A bat mitzvah, a college student, a professor, a retired teacher—all drawn to Africa to engage in tikkun olam, the repair of the world. In this issue we tell the stories of Reform Jews who have made a difference in the lives of people in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana and been transformed in the process. See the stories in Focus: The African Connection (left column).

FEATURE STORIES

Partners in Power by Daniel David May Reform congregants throughout America are engaged in a radical rethinking of social action—community organizing—using the same community organizing model that propelled President Barack Obama to victory.		What We Can Expect from a Community Organizer President by Jonah Pesner Understanding the importance of empowering a broad constituency to fight for change, President Obama will likely take on health care and the economic crisis in the same way.

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