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Reconstructing for Tomorrow: Our Reconstructionist Roots

Our first session of Reconstructing for Tomorrow, led by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, began the difficult and exciting task of grappling with the history of the Reconstructionist movement and the questions of Jewish peoplehood in the future.

Reconstructing for Tomorrow: Eco-Judaism

In our second session of Reconstructing for Tomorrow, we were led in a discussion about the spiritual and tangible ways we can integrate ecological values into our Jewish lives.

Reconstructing for Tomorrow: Reconstructionist and Reform Movements

Our third Reconstructing for Tomorrow conversation with Rabbi Deborah Waxman focused on unpacking the ideological and practical differences between the Reconstructionist and Reform movements.

Virtual Day of Learning 2021 - God?: A Reconstructionist Conversation

On January 24, 2021, Reconstructionists gathered for a virtual day of learning entitled “God?: A Reconstructionist Conversation”. Videos of the learning sessions are available below.

Liberating the Future: Passover and Beyond

Jewish rituals can be revitalized and transformed by activism as uplifting and effective vessels of social transformation.

Multifaith Work as Urgent, Deeply Meaningful and Complicated

A Response to Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer's "Multifaith Relations: Four Decades of an Evolving Field"

The Situation in Hebron is Oppressive: Rabbi Deborah Waxman

My needles moved rhythmically, creating orderly rows of delicate knots as we rolled into the center of Hebron that Thursday afternoon. When I got off the bus and looked around, I could hardly recognize the place I’d visited as an adolescent.

Reconstructing the Voice of Leadership

Reconstructing Judaism plays a leading role in addressing systemic racism in Jewish communities and serving as a moral voice in a larger public reckoning. One of the powerful ways the organization does this is by nurturing Jews of Color in leadership positions, as rabbis and community leaders.

Ethnonationalism is a grave threat to democracy

The Hebrew word for “voice” is kol. Powerfully, it is also the word for “vote.” This election season, we must all raise our voices as loudly as we possibly can to defend democracy and vote for candidates who do so.

The Reconstructionist Network

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

The Reconstructionist Network