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Passover Message 2023/5783 from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.

As Passover approaches, I’ve been thinking about the reasons why I’m a religious Jew, sparked significantly by a recent Reconstructionist pilgrimage to civil rights sites in the south. I’m wrestling with how to incorporate this powerful, painful and staggering experience into our celebration of freedom, in a way that respects the experiences of Black people—and Black Jews.

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A protest with people holding Israeli flags and signs, marching on a road.

What’s Happening in Israel and What Can We Do in This Moment?

As Israel Affairs Specialist at Reconstructing Judaism, I have many conversations with people across the movement about Israel. Given how fast events have been developing in Israel, a lot of people are asking “what’s happening” and “what can we do?” I’d like to offer some thoughts. What follows is solely

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Logo for the 2023 Climate Action Plan by Reconstructing Judaism and Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition.

2023 Climate Action Plan

In 2022, Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association signed on as a founding partner to the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, along with twenty other national and international umbrella organizations of Jewish life.

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Shootings, Raids, Killings, and a Pogrom – Responding to Current Violence in Israel and Palestine

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and Reconstructing Judaism condemn the killings of Hallel and Yagel Yamiv, and Elan Ganeles by terrorists in the West Bank. We also condemn those who used these tragedies as an excuse to rampage through the Palestinian town of Huwara, burning homes and cars and killing at least one Palestinian man, Samah Hamdallah Aktas, in what can only be described as a pogrom.

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