Reconstructing Judaism

A Passover Message From Rabbi Deborah Waxman

Dear friends,   We are entering Passover at a fragile time, when fragmentation feels close to the surface.   Public discourse is ever more brittle. Democratic norms are strained. Antisemitism has become more visible and

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CEO and President Deborah Waxman at J Street Convention 2026: On War, Democracy, and the Courage to Hold Complexity

This is so hard. Everything changes and changes again and then changes again. The world we knew when we entered Shabbat on Friday was gone when we woke up the next day. Suddenly, America is at war and Israel is at war again and millions of people across the Middle East are under attack and seeking shelter, even where no shelters exist. While we have hopes and prayers and ideas and recommendations, we do not know how this will end, and many Americans are devastated at how it started—before every diplomatic avenue was exhaustively pursued and without adequate consultation with or oversight from Congress, in direct violation of the US Constitution.

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Announcement stating, Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement, with a quote.

Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement

Adding our voices to millions of others across the United States, leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law—above all, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as in cities and towns across the nation.

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Three people stand and smile in front of an ICC Jerusalem event backdrop inside a modern building.

WATCH: Inside the Parliament of the Jewish People

Why does the World Zionist Congress matter? It directs over $5 billion in global Jewish resources, shaping everything from land policy to religious life to what gets built – and importantly, where. Rabbi Waxman joined “Word on the Street Live” with J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami and Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah, to offer insight into the inner workings of the World Zionist Congress and to discuss the Reconstructionist values driving the progressive Hatikvah Slate.

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