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When Is the Right Time to Heal?

Grief begins to feel like the humidity of northeast summer: a ubiquitous discomfort that we’ve come to accept as normal. 

Rabbi A.J. Heschel's Lessons on Religion and Race

Sarah Barasch presents a selection of quotes from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's 1963 speech, "Religion and Race."

The Prepositional Rabbi: The Small Hebrew Words That Make All the Difference

I want to make room for complexity and nuance, to be flexible enough to change direction to meet the needs of everyone I serve, to assist in the building of connection and relationship, and to help people shift perspective in ways that can open up unexplored depths.

Faryn Lynn Borella

Faryn Borella was raised on unceded Abenaki land, also known as Vermont. Growing up in a small-town synagogue that was Reconstructionist in spirit, Faryn discovered a love for leading prayer early in life, the seeds of which are now growing into a beautiful rabbinate.

Creating a Progressive, Inclusive, Egalitarian Jewish People

In his inaugural speech at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association convention, Rabbi Seth Goldstein frames a vision of an American Jewish community guided by progressive values and radical egalitarianism.

The Pandemic as a Teacher

People are radiating their compassionate awareness that we are all in this together -- all of us facing a deadly and invisible foe. Might we continue to be kinder with one another even after the threat of the virus is gone?

A Time for Anger

How can we be surprised that people are angry? And how can we argue when that anger is expressed?

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