Movement Activities – Reconstructing Judaism

Jewish Rohingya Justice Network Statement on Genocide Prevention Day

Rachel Forth Pipitone — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:46:19 +0000

Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association have signed on to Jewish Rohingya Justice Network's Statement on Genocide Prevention Day.

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The Reconstructionist Movement Comes Together in New Hinei Mah Tov Video

Jonathan — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:44:54 +0000

As part of our recent convention, B’yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together, we shared this video of a new setting for Hinei Mah Tov by RRC student Solomon Hoffman. It features over 150 Reconstructionists representing 40 of our communities from across North America and beyond. The participants reflect the spectrum of our movement—lay leaders, Rabbis, Cantors, students, teachers, children, elders, musicians, singers, dancers, artists—all sharing in this collective project.

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Reconstructionist Set to Gather, In-person and Virtually to Highlight the Present and Imagine the Future

bschwartzman — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:29:31 +0000

Reconstructionists gather for a movement convention, B’Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together.

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Center for Jewish Ethics Awards Whizin Prize to Essay Focusing on Role of Women in Modern Orthodoxy

Jonathan — Mon, 10 May 2021 20:19:22 +0000

The Center for Jewish Ethics, affiliated with the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, has awarded the 2021 Whizin Prize — an essay contest to encourage innovative thinking on contemporary Jewish ethics — to Miriam Attia, a doctoral student in religious ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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A Beat to Which We All Can Move’: A Call to Jews to Embrace the Pursuit of Racial Justice

Jonathan — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:51:03 +0000

From its very beginnings, the Jewish story is full of journeys. When it comes to racial justice work, the Reconstructionist movement is in the midst of a profound journey.

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Call for Nominations to the Reconstructionist Movement’s Two Commissions

Jonathan — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:35:16 +0000

Nominations are open for the Reconstructionist movement’s Tikkun Olam Commission and Joint Israel Commission.

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Reconstructing Judaism Names Rabbi Sandra Lawson Inaugural Director of Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jonathan — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:27:13 +0000

Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her), a trailblazing leader, will join Reconstructing Judaism as its inaugural Director of Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Working with senior staff, lay leaders, clergy, rabbinical students and Reconstructionist communities, Lawson will help Reconstructing Judaism realize its deeply held aspiration of becoming an anti-racist organization and movement. Lawson is a 2018 Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduate.

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In 2020, Reconstructionist Communities Prove More Vital (and Adaptive) Than Ever

bschwartzman — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:19:41 +0000

2020 has been a year defined by pandemic, economic collapse, protests for racial justice, political disarray and, in the case of much of the West Coast, catastrophic fires. Yet Jewish life went on, proving to be both adaptable and vital. Reconstructionist congregations have adapted, based on millennia of precedents and an unceasing commitment to community.

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Mourning, Recovering and Rebuilding

Jonathan — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:37:41 +0000

This piece was originally published on October 27, 2020 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as Mourning, recovering and rebuilding: Two years after the Tree of Life shooting, a community’s response to hate by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., and Seth Rosen How do you come face to face with murderous destruction and then find the resilience that enables […]

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Reconstructing Judaism Funds Innovative Approach to Serving Unaffiliated in Atlanta

Jonathan — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:16:48 +0000

Reconstructing Judaism explores and funds innovative ideas for connecting with and serving unengaged and under-engaged populations — in new ways and spaces. Congregation Bet Haverim created “Your Jewish Bridge” in Atlanta, and its founder shares lessons learned after the first year and a half of the project.

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