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From Water to Water: A Conversion and a Taharah

It was a week filled with water—starting with my partner Ever’s conversion to Judaism by immersion in the mikveh, the womb of the universe that moves us from one state of being to the other. 

Remembering Regina Jonas, First Woman Rabbi

For many years, Regina’s story of becoming the first woman rabbi was forgotten, tucked away in archives, lost among ashes.

Why We Need a Prayer for the Electorate

A Prayer for the Electorate allows us a moment in services to recognize that civic engagement can be religious engagement, that tzedek is often fulfilled through public policy.

Reconstructing Yahrzeit

How could I replace an empty exercise with something meaningful?

A Psalm of Infinity

There is only openness everywhere

Jews and White Privilege

This piece by Rabbis Jessica Rosenberg and Mackenzie (Max) Reynolds provides a brief overview of American Jewish history, antisemitism in the 21st century and big questions for challenging assumptions about Jews, whiteness and privilege in the United States.

A New Mitzvah: Loving All Those Who Dwell in the Land

Ultimately, the mitzvah of “loving all those who dwell in the land” invites us into some radical acts of compassion.

Minneapolis: Cultivating a Resistance, Both Tender and Fierce

Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.

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