Webinar Recording: Drashing Democracy 2025
Drashing Democracy 2025 - Reflecting on America During the High Holy Days, originally recorded on August 6, 2025, and provides sources, perspectives, and practical approaches for addressing challenges to American democracy from the pulpit.
Webinar Recording: Drashing Democracy 2024
Drashing Democracy 2024 - Talking About the Elections and Beyond During the High Holidays: This July 11, 2024 webinar from A More Perfect Union provides tangible ideas and information to clergy interested in speaking about American democracy and the 2024 election during their High Holiday observances.
Democracy Sermon Bank
This collection of sermons shared with A More Perfect Union explores topics in democracy.
Every Voice Matters: Conversations About Voting & Democracy
Our sacred tradition encourages diverse (and divergent) opinions; the Talmud records dissenting arguments before stating the law. This resource from the RAC provides some questions for election season to foster respectful, open-hearted conversations.
Talking to your Kids about Voting and Democracy
This guide from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism discusses how to talk to your kids about democracy.
Activity Books: Grow a Good Citizen Series
The Grow a Good Citizen Series from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is crafted with content from Highlights Magazine that reflects key Jewish values, like creating communities where every voice matters.
Symposium: Practices for Defending Democracy
This collection from Reconstructing Judaism contains 27 essays built around Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
Sustaining Democracy Amid Cultural Pluralism: Mordecai Kaplan’s Vision
This essay from Reconstructing Judaism and written by Rabbi Bill Plevan, PhD, explores Mordecai Kaplan's vision that genuine democracy requires not only Jews adapting to democratic society, but America also fully embracing cultural and religious differences across groups.
Democracy, Judaism and the Vote: What You Need to Know
This booklet from Reconstructing Judaism frames the 2024 election through a Reconstructionist Jewish lens. It speaks to the American imperative for free and fair elections and integrates Jewish wisdom.
A Meditation on Voting
This meditation from Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights is intended to be used by individuals or in a communal setting during election season or on Election Day, itself.
American Scripture Project
This project led by Rabbi Michael Holzman of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation brings congregations together to grapple with our country’s poems, speeches, documents, stories, and other past writings.
DafAmerica: A Project of the American Scripture Project
This abbreviated version of the American Scripture Project is designed to provide clergy with an accessible, structured approach to examining narratives of our national heritage through their relationship to the weekly Torah portion.
50 Activities Anyone Can Do
This resource from Common Ground USA offers a list of 50 actions big and small to build resilience this election year.
Democracy Ballot
Repair the World provides a menu of options to expand your civic engagement through service and education.
In Brief: Misinformation
The News Literacy Project’s quick reference guide provides great tips for helping people identify and mitigate misinformation.
Faith in Elections Playbook
This playbook from Interfaith America and Protect Democracy was designed to make it easier for faith and community leaders to join work that was already happening across America to help the 2024 elections run smoothly, so that all eligible voters could access a ballot and every valid vote is counted.
Is it Legit? Five Steps for Vetting a News Source
This News Literacy Project infographic offers excellent recommendations for helping people become more critical consumers of information online.