Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach grants supports rabbinical students and rabbis in reconstructing the Jewish landscape to be more inclusive and engaging. This year’s winners point the way to a dynamic Jewish future.
This four-part series of video presentations is based on an online course developed by Rabbi Maurice Harris, Reconstructing Judaism’s Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist. The video recordings of the four 90-minute sessions offered below were presented in February 2024 as part of a program sponsored by West End Synagogue (New York, NY, USA). There is also a “bonus” supplemental video about the impacts of Stalin and the USSR on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict included below.
Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach grants supports rabbinical students and rabbis in reconstructing the Jewish landscape to be more inclusive and engaging. This year’s winners point the way to a dynamic Jewish future.
by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., and Seth Rosen
In March 2021, the board of governors unanimously adopted a five-year strategic plan for Reconstructing Judaism. The new strategic plan reaffirms our longstanding commitments, transforms our ideological interest in innovation into strategy, and charts new paths forward around engagement of individuals and communities through both in-person and online platforms.
The plan identifies five key goals, equal in importance:
On January 24, 2021, Reconstructionists gathered for a virtual day of learning entitled “God?: A Reconstructionist Conversation”. Videos of the learning sessions are available below.
On November 8, 2020, we participated in the Global Day of Jewish Learning sponsored by Limmud-NA. The day’s theme was “Human Dignity”. Rabbis Sarra Lev and Micah Weiss presented lectures — videos are includedhere.
Hesped (Eulogy) for Howard Blitman, delivered on January 4, 2021 by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.
On Giving Tuesday 2020, Reconstructing Judaism shared a live day of online learning. Here are videos of those sessions.
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