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RRC's Fifty-Third Graduation Ceremony

Join us virtually on Sunday, May 18 at 2:30 p.m. EDT to celebrate the remarkable achievements and milestones of our graduating senior class, honorees, and doctors of divinity.

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Reconstructing Judaism: the central organization of the groundbreaking, always-evolving Reconstructionist movement. We help build thriving Jewish communities, empower individuals to lead lives of deeper meaning and purpose, train rabbis who make a difference, and work to bring about a more just and sustainable world.

Mazel Tov to Our New Rabbis

RRC’s 2022 graduating class has already positively impacted Jewish communities. We cannot wait to see where their rabbinates lead. 
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Virtual Passover Box

Virtual Passover Box

The Virtual Passover Box is a trove of digital resources designed to help you experience, and retell, the central story of the Jewish age. Celebrate Passover Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 20.

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Hashivenu Podcast

Jewish Teachings on Resilience, hosted by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.

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  • Latest Episode: May 1, 2025

Hope Is a Muscle: The Hatikvah Slate with special guest Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie

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Evolve Podcast

Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations

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  • Latest Episode: April 24, 2025

Roan Boucher on Anti-Trans Legislation and Christian Nationalism

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Upcoming Events

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Sunday, May 18, 2025 - 2:30 pm EDT

RRC’s Fifty-Third Graduation Ceremony

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Monday, May 19, 2025 - 12:00 pm EDT

Holding Each Other: Weekly 15-Minute Online Minyan

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 12:00 pm EDT

RRC Online Open House

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Latest News

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Beyond Brokenness: How Service Creates Pathways to Healing and Hope

May 14, 2025

In this moving reflection, Rabbi Deborah Waxman shares her transformative experience on a service-learning trip to Israel with Yahel and Repair the World. Amid the complexities of a region in conflict, she discovers how hands-on service work—from weeding at a therapeutic farm for veterans to packing food for Bedouin villages—opens pathways to hope, agency and renewal when mere words and meetings cannot.

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Tote bags labeled Service Matters: Israel Summit are displayed on a table with flyers and green onions.

Beyond Brokenness: How Service Creates Pathways to Healing and Hope

May 14, 2025

In this moving reflection, Rabbi Deborah Waxman shares her transformative experience on a service-learning trip to Israel with Yahel and Repair the World. Amid the complexities of a region in conflict, she discovers how hands-on service work—from weeding at a therapeutic farm for veterans to packing food for Bedouin villages—opens pathways to hope, agency and renewal when mere words and meetings cannot.

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An important announcement from Rabbi Deborah Waxman

May 1, 2025

With humility and profound gratitude to the Omnipresent, my family and friends, and the extended Reconstructionist community, I am writing to share the news that I will step down as president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism when my current contract wraps up on August 31, 2026. I am committed to

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Broad Coalition of Mainstream Jewish Organizations Release Statement Rejecting False Choice Between Jewish Safety & Democracy

April 15, 2025

Today, a coalition of ten organizations representing a broad swath of mainstream American Jewry – including three of the four denominations – issued a joint statement rejecting the false choice between confronting antisemitism and upholding democracy. The organizations, which were brought together by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and

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Ritualwell is the most extensive online resource curating original, progressive Jewish rituals. We foster a supportive online community for those seeking to make Jewish practice their own.

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Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is a multimedia project highlighting the most cutting-edge thinking in the Reconstructionist movement and wider Jewish world. Through essays, podcasts, and web conversations, Evolve models nuanced dialogue and respectful disagreement while probing urgent questions.

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Our rabbinical program centers on nourishing and rigorous Jewish learning and immersive and intensive field education. The curriculum is distinguished by the unique Reconstructionist understanding of Judaism as a dynamic civilization characterized by vibrant diversity and ongoing change. As a result, the RRC course of study is expansive, dynamic and flexible, engaging students both in and out of the classroom.

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Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

The Reconstructionist Network

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis