Many Voices.
One People.
Last year CLAL created the National Unity Shavuot program, an evening of pluralist text study and celebration. In Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Miami, a group of forward-thinking rabbis worked with CLAL to make these words -- Many Voices, One People -- a reality. The National Unity Shavuot "showed that participants were able to put aside their denominational differences in the interest of increasing Torah study. May such efforts continue to grow." (Jewish Week, May 21,1999)
This guide has been put together in hopes that you, in your community, will join with the many others around North America (and now in Great Britain and Israel) who are making pluralist study and celebration a yearly ritual on Shavuot. If you have already been involved in this work, let us know! A postcard is enclosed and we will include your information on our special Shavuot web site, www.shavuot.org.
If this is a new program for your community, or even if you've done something similar in the past, the texts and insights in this booklet will help to spark ideas to build a program. There are two study guides, tools to help in cross-denominational dialogue, and tips on writing press releases. There are also descriptions of the past year's programs, and a list of the rabbis who made them possible.
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To BROWSE the National Unity Shavuot Planning Guide click on the topic links in the Table of Contents below.
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National Unity Shavuot Planning Guide -- Table of Contents
- Introduction, and Planning an Event
- Guidelines for Respectful Conversation and Ground Rules for Discussion
- Alternative Event Models
- Newspaper and News Service Clips on National Unity Shavuot (1999) from
The Jewish Journal (LA),The Jewish Week (NY), and Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)- The NY Text Study Booklet (Jewish Journeys)
- The LA Text Study Booklet
- Topics from Chicago and Miami
- Additional Texts
- Publicity Ideas
- Participating Rabbis (1999)
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