On Tuesday, October 1 at 1 p.m. EDT, Rabbi Deborah Waxman and Rabbi William Plevan will reflect on the recently published Evolve symposium, Personal Practices to Defend Democracy. They will reflect on why devotion to democracy has been central to Reconstructionists from the beginning.
There is no charge required to register for an Evolve web conversation. Participants can interact with the speaker, making comments and asking questions.Â
About Rabbi Deborah Waxman
THE FIRST WOMAN RABBI to head a Jewish congregational union and a Jewish seminary, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., became president and chief executive officer of Reconstructing Judaism in 2014. Since then, she has drawn on her training as a rabbi and historian to be the Reconstructionist movement’s leading voice in the public square.Â
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About Rabbi William Plevan
Rabbi Dr. William Plevan writes on modern Jewish thought, theology, and ethics and teaches at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Gratz College, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He currently serves on the board of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and has served as president of Matan, an organization devoted to promoting special needs Jewish education.
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.
Learn more on our Evolve website.
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).
