Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel (RCBI) joined the Reconstructionist movement in 1997; it is now a strategic partner of Temple Israel (egalitarian Conservative) and one of two congregations at Temple Israel & Jewish Community Center (TI-JCC). RCBI is Bergen County’s only Reconstructionist congregation. Although our history and traditions date back to
We are a group of very different people—Jew and non-Jew, men and women, straight and LGBTQ, people of different ethnicities, beliefs, political stripes, and backgrounds—who share one thing. We experience Judaism as a sort of magnetic force drawing us together, and within it we find, in one way or another, the
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
