News and Blogs
Below, you’ll find a list of all news and blog posts on the site in reverse chronological order.
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Serving Jewish prisoners in state prison, rabbinic students find new perspectives on freedom and responsibility.
Reconstructing Judaism welcomes Temple Emek Shalom in Ashland, Oregon.
Statement in response to the Parkland, Florida shooting. While raising our voices in prayer and condolences for the victims of violence, we also raise our voices to call for the enactment and enforcement of reasonable gun laws throughout this country that would prevent such tragedies.
We call on our elected officials to allow Dreamers to remain in the United States and provide a path to citizenship.
What does it mean to build the Jewish communities in which we live? Seth Rosen reflects on the opportunity and obligation posed by this charge.
We’re changing our name to Reconstructing Judaism. Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president of Reconstructing Judaism, explains why.
RRC faculty address sexual harassment in Jewish organizations, including harassment of women rabbis.
Eighty-six Jewish activists, including six Reconstructionist rabbis, were arrested in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17 in a bold act of civil disobedience in solidarity with more than 800,000 Dreamers.
We strongly condemn the recent public remarks made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, which contribute to undermining prospects for a viable peace process.
Ross Berkowitz discusses designing Jewish engagement experiences for Millennials.
Statement expressing disappointment in Israeli government’s viewpoint-based blacklist on entry into Israel
Reflections on the state of Reconstructionist Judaism as 2018 begins.
Rabbi Howard Cohen, who serves both as a rabbi and a volunteer firefighter, describes how his overlapping spheres provide richness and balance.
Reflections on the recent Jewish Social Justice roundtable meeting on racial justice and equity.
Reconstructionist leaders call for institutional reform and lasting change in the wake of the #metoo campaign.
Statement on President Trump’s decision to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Board chair Seth Rosen lays out his plans for the development of the Reconstructionist movement.
At Camp Havaya Arts, opening this summer in Redlands, California, campers will be nurtured as they explore for themselves what it means to live a Jewish life through the prism of the arts.
Synagogues engage one-third of the United States’ Jewish population. What role might they take to serve the spiritual, communal and religious needs of the other two-thirds (the majority) who don’t choose synagogue membership as an expression of their Judaism? Cyd Weissberg explores.
