Rabbi Megan Doherty, Chief Executive Officer of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, will speak with Rabbi Jacob Staub about her experiences building community in a variety of settings and how she intends to contribute to that process in her new role as leader of the association of Reconstructionist rabbis. Read her comments in the recent symposium on creating covenantal  community here.
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About Rabbi Megan Doherty
Rabbi Megan Doherty (she/her) is the CEO of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. Prior to that, she served as Senior Educator in Community Engagement at HIAS. Additionally, she has served as Director of Hillel and Campus Jewish Life at Oberlin College and Associate Rabbi and Senior Jewish Fellow at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. She was in Cohort 1 of the Mandel Foundation’s Educational Leadership Fellowship, and is an alumna of the Shalom Hartman Institute Fellowship for Campus Professionals. She holds a certificate in Jewish Mindfulness Meditation from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Project, and completed IJS’s Rabbinic Leadership Program. She completed Social Justice Mediation training with the Yeworkwha Belachew Center for Dialogue at Oberlin, and is a certified mediator in the state of Ohio. She has served on the board and Executive Committee of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, and was a founding co-chair of the Reconstructionist Movement’s Joint Israel Commission. Rabbi Doherty has a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College, and was ordained as a rabbi by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She lives in Oberlin with her partner, their daughter, and their dog.
About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.
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Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).
