June 10, 2022 — 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.

June 10, 2022 — The reprehensible behavior of the current Israeli government and the previous one is not a reason to abandon the Jews of Israel. Quite the reverse: The current situation demands greater involvement.

January 14, 2025 — We need to reimagine globally how we live without using fossil fuel and make significant changes in a very short span of time.

June 10, 2022 — The part of me that craved answers, structure and safety struggled with the part that wanted freedom, mystery and adventure.

April 4, 2024 — Freedom means living according to nature’s cycles of giving and receiving, and giving back.

January 25, 2026 — A play, written by two products of Reconstructing Judaism, calls to us to speak across generational differences.

June 10, 2022 — Circumcision (but not brit milah) is the most widespread Jewish custom among the world’s Jews today.

October 13, 2023

December 1, 2025 — It is important to reconstruct even the most problematic concepts that we have inherited rather than to try to excise them.