Adventures in Jewish Studies, the podcast of the Association for Jewish Studies, recently devoted an episode to the Reconstructionist movement. Featuring insights from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., Deborah Dash Moore, and Jenna Weissman Joselit, the episode explores questions that continue to shape Jewish life today: What do we inherit from tradition? What do we reimagine? How do we balance peoplehood, democracy, belonging, and religious practice in a changing world?
From Kaplan’s effort to reconcile rationalism and religion, to Reconstructionism’s early commitment to egalitarianism and the concept of Jewish peoplehood, the conversation examines both the movement’s history and how it is navigating difficult conversations about Israel and Zionism today.
