Hakhel Resources: Communal Life
A unique resource library for Jewish Intentional Communities.
Inspiration. Tools. Support.
Life Lessons for Community Longevity
So many of the points here are familiar to us all! The wisdom of an expirienced leader can help others avoid some crucial mistakes. Take some time for reading it.
This must-read is not an easy one. Turn it into a public discussion: Divide chapters between members and ask them to read it in a community gathering and lead a talk around the text. Worth the effort!
Section: Care for Community
Learning from Our Past
What do you think are the core components of intentional community? This is a sharp summary of insights that can give you a useful perspective.
Section: Care for Community
Jewish cohousing: a vision of intentional neighborhood
Get the glimps of the magical effect communty life, in a cohousing format, has on one's wellbeing.
Section: Care for Community
Innisfree Village: Lifesharing in a Service Community
The wider range of intentional life and community life appears in this beautiful story
Section: Care for Community
Green and Resilient Neighborhoods: Portland, Oregon and Beyond
Social and ecological can and should go hand in hand.
Section: Care for Community
Grassroots Activism Starts at Home
Where is your personal mission touching the communal mission? It's all about crystalizing it. This is a beautiful perspective to take with you.
Section: Care for Community
Five Tools to Help Groups Thrive
How difficult it is to run a community is no a secret. Useful obsevation of the common challenges will spare some conflicts.
Section: Care for Community
Back to the City!
Urban life opens the chance for an inspiring change within the communiyu and in society in general.
Section: Care for Community
Calls for More Cooperative Housing
Read how to make intentional communities rise up in the urban setting. This is a nice step!
Section: Care for Community
