Radical Inclusion

In this essay for Evolve, Aurora Levins Morales discusses how declarations that everyone is welcome in a community are insufficient for Jews who do not identify as white.

50th Anniversary of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

We welcome you to explore a visual timeline of the first 50 years of RRC.

eJewish Philanthropy provides valuable articles for Jewish organizations on topics from marketing to community engagement. The following articles may be relevant to your work and the work of the other leaders of your community:

• Re-Imagining Jewish Communal Life
• “It Can’t Happen Here, Can It?” Now Is The Time To Assess Your Jewish Institution’s Safety And Security Protocols
• The Next Generation of Jews Doesn’t Want Cheaper Dues, they Want to have Impact
• Taking the LEAP into Better Meeting Facilitation

Help amplify Reconstructionist values in the world by sharing our News Professionals Resource Page with any journalists you might know. The page helps them tap into movement expertise at Reconstructing Judaism.

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Public Positions on Current Matters

Reconstructing Judaism endorses and co-sponsors numerous petitions, public letters and statements from aligned organizations and also issues its own public statements on occasion. Here are the statements we have issued and public letters we have signed onto in the last month, either alone or jointly with the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association:

Letter to New York Times Regarding Antisemitic Cartoon
Letter to Tennessee Legislation on Child Welfare
Statement on Shooting at Chabad of Poway
Statement on Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka
Jewish Rohingya Justice Network Supports Bipartisan Legislation on Burma
Letter in support of the Never Again (Holocaust) Education Act

All of our statements are available at ReconstructingJudaism.org/positions, catalogued by date and by topic.

Reconstructionist Communities and Leaders in the News

After Poway, My Synagogue Won’t Be Locking Its Doors. We’re Keeping Them Open.

Stop & Shop strike: Rabbis say it’s “not kosher” to shop there during strike

Worker strikes as liberation — way back then, and today

Torah Joe’s: A Different Kind of Relationship

The Enduring Success of ‘The Hamilton Haggadah’

One State, Two States

The Challenge of ADHD: The Story Of A Lifetime

NiSh’ma: N’div Lev

Cultivating a ‘Heart of Flesh’

Podcasts From Our Studio

We built a professional podcast studio to launch two podcast series: Hashivenu and #Trending Jewish. We hope you will consider sharing the links to and explanations of these podcasts with your community.

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Hashivenu: Jewish Teachings on Resilience

Hashivenu is a podcast about Jewish teachings and practice around resilience. Cultivating resilience, both individually and collectively, is an essential path to personal renewal.

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#Trending Jewish

How does Judaism intersect with contemporary culture and illuminate how people live their lives? Hosts Rachael Burgess and Bryan Schwartzman have a lot of questions, both profound and goofy.