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Altered Harvest: Sukkot and Climate Change

The sukkah is one profound place to remember the effects of global scorching on all of us.

A Fantasy Both Toxic and Tragic: Antisemitism and Islamist Militants

The Houthis preach a particular, religiously informed hatred of Jews, a specific kind of antisemitism that has its foundation in an extremist strand of modern Islamic teaching.

'Zionism Yes — And'

Zionism is a modern movement that has employed age-old beliefs to support the urgent need for a refuge from antisemitism. Zionists today are obligated to move Israel to embody Jewish values of justice and peace.

Grief and Hope: A Tisha B'Av Service

A service written for Tisha B'Av 2018 at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, VA

‘Covenantal Community’ and Classical Reconstructionism

Rabbi Deborah Waxman published this essay "'Covenantal Community' and Classical Reconstructionism" in December 2024. What follows is this essay, with commentaries exploring Waxman's points by four other Reconstructionist rabbis: Megan Doherty, Isabel de Koninck, Katie Mizrahi and Elyse Wechterman.

Renewing the Bar/Bat Mitzvah, One Student at a Time

On a recent Saturday evening, I found myself in a small artsy theater in downtown Seattle for the debut of an original animated film. When the film ended, the young filmmaker, Frieda, was greeted with thunderous applause. Afterward, she joined me on stage for a Director’s Q&A session, where I interviewed her about both the content and the making of her movie. The topic of the film? Parashat Beshalakh.

David Goodman

New Beginnings

All over the world, Jews are marking the holiday of

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