Sometimes You Have to Close Your Eyes and Leap
May 5, 2016
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben reflects on the Reconstructionist spirit of innovation and how it shaped his 29-year rabbinate at a flagship Reconstructionist congregation.
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben reflects on the Reconstructionist spirit of innovation and how it shaped his 29-year rabbinate at a flagship Reconstructionist congregation.
Rabbi Deborah Waxman describes how her own experience as a trail blazer was made possible by the Reconstructionist movement’s combination of fearless innovation and pragmatic spirit. Â
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This 2004 report of the movement’s Israel Policies Task Force emerged from a movement-wide process that solicited thoughtful input from Reconstructionists across the country. While much has changed over the past decade-plus, most of this earlier report’s framework and recommendations are still compelling and sound.
Robert Prybutok critiques an idealistic approach to Israel’s negotiations with its neighbors, and argues for tough-minded pragmatism in the service of ideals.
Rabbi Toba Spitzer describes two competing narrative frames about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the need for new thinking to transcend them.Â
Rabbi Rebecca Lillian reflects on the moral hazard posed by Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
Rabbi David Teutsch reviews an 80-year span of Reconstructionist approaches to Zionism and the State of Israel.
In this interview, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb reflects on the Jewish roots of his climate change activism. He also reflects on how his role at Congregation Adat Shalom has led him to appreciate the emotional resistance that can arise when confronting injustice.
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