A conversation about Reconstrucionist Judaism with Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, followed by a brief eulogy for television director Carl Ebert.
0:04Copy video clip URL A title card on a chalkboard is shown.
0:26Copy video clip URL A title card that says “Some of my Best Friends”, appears on screen.
1:34Copy video clip URL A Rabbi based out of Evanston, Illinois, explains the specifics of his branch of Judaism in an interview.
1:47Copy video clip URL The Rabbi is formally introduced as Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, of the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation”.
2:42Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis explains the differences between Jewish “Reformed”, “Reconstrucitonist”, and “Conservative” congregations.
4:29Copy video clip URL Full color photographs of the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation” in Evanston are shown.
4:34Copy video clip URL Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation”, is shown in a photograph.
5:01Copy video clip URL A photo of a traditional Jewish wedding in a synagogue is shown.
6:00Copy video clip URL A photo of students studying at a rabbinical college is shown.
6:43Copy video clip URL A photo of a traditional Jewish dance is shown.
7:13Copy video clip URL A photo of a woman reading from a Torah is shown.
7:46Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis explains how the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation” defines God.
11:30Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis mentions how the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation” does not have a single, dedicated building that is used as a synagogue.
12:24Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis explains how within the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation”, there isn’t a traditional “distance” (as he puts it) between the Rabbi and the worshippers.
17:13Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis discusses how Catholic and Protestant Clergymen have institutional resources to help them with their own personal issues, whereas the Jewish faith lacks those same institutional resources.
18:00Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis discusses the different ways in which he communicates with the worshippers of his congregation – drawing on an experience that he had when he was asked to speak to a class at Northwestern University.
20:35Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis talks about the definition of God – namely in the Jewish faith.
23:36Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis explains what a typical service in the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation” looks like, consists of, and where they can be held.
25:09Copy video clip URL Rabbi Rachlis gives the central address for the “Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation”, should there be any interests newcomers.
26:19Copy video clip URL The interview concludes.
26:23Copy video clip URL The interviewer and anchorwoman reads a eulogy to the television audience for Carl Ebert.
27:08Copy video clip URL The anchorwoman recounts a personal story about Ebert.
29:22Copy video clip URL The program ends.
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