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Charlton Heston as Moses, wearing his read cloak spreading his arms as the sky thunders.

Reconstructionist Rabbi Featured in Netflix Moses Docudrama Series

April 4, 2024

When Rabbi Maurice Harris set out to write a book about Moses, he never could have imagined where that work would lead.

Now, more than a decade later, Harris is heavily featured in the new Netflix docudrama, Testament: The Story of Moses. The show, which dropped on March 27, is among the streaming platform’s first forays into religion programing. The three-part hybrid-documentary series explores Moses’ story from Jewish, Christian and Muslim perspectives. It intersperses dramatic scenes with actors and interviews with scholars, academics and theologians.

Ruth Wenger and Jonathan Markowitz pose for the camera

‘Stewards of the Movement’ Make Transformative Investment in Reconstructionist Education, Aim to Inspire Philanthropy

March 22, 2023

For many years, Ruth Wenger, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, shared her love of learning and passion for Judaism by teaching religious school at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, in Evanston, Ill. One weekend, Wenger — a lawyer, philanthropist and Jewish communal leader who helps leads a weekly minyan at the congregation

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Baltimore Jewish Times Spotlights Jackie Land

October 20, 2022

You could say that Jackie Land has been on the ground floor of change within the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism. For one, it’s in her blood — quite literally.

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Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Features Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation

October 6, 2022

The synagogue emerged as an offshoot of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. But in 1989, it separated itself from the college to show that the new denomination could survive.

Rabbi Sandra Lawson playing guitar and singing at Juneteenth Shabbat wearing a rainbow colored tallit.

Rabbi Sandra Lawson Named to Prestigious Fellowship Focusing on Leadership Development

June 28, 2022

Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Reconstructing Judaism’s inaugural director of racial diversity, equity and inclusion, has been selected to the Schusterman Fellowship. That’s a prestigious, 18-month program run by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. According to its website, the Schusterman Fellowship “is a holistic leadership development program for exceptional Jewish leaders

Or Zarua a Spiritual Home for Boomers

April 20, 2022

Or Zarua, a suburban-Philadelphia community serving baby boomers, was started with funding from Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach Entrepreneurial Grant Program.

Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel

April 8, 2022

Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association are horrified and saddened by yesterday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, and by the recent attacks against Israelis in Beersheva, B’nei Brak, and Hadera.

How one trailblazing rabbi is fighting racism in the Reconstructionist movement

April 7, 2022

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The Reconstructionist Movement Comes Together in New Hinei Mah Tov Video

April 7, 2022

As part of our recent convention, B’yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together, we shared this video of a new setting for Hinei Mah Tov by RRC student Solomon Hoffman. It features over 150 Reconstructionists representing 40 of our communities from across North America and beyond. The participants reflect the spectrum of our movement—lay leaders, Rabbis, Cantors, students, teachers, children, elders, musicians, singers, dancers, artists—all sharing in this collective project.

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Reconstructionist Rabbi Featured in Netflix Moses Docudrama Series

‘Stewards of the Movement’ Make Transformative Investment in Reconstructionist Education, Aim to Inspire Philanthropy

Baltimore Jewish Times Spotlights Jackie Land

Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Features Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation

Rabbi Sandra Lawson Named to Prestigious Fellowship Focusing on Leadership Development

Or Zarua a Spiritual Home for Boomers

Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel

How one trailblazing rabbi is fighting racism in the Reconstructionist movement

The Reconstructionist Movement Comes Together in New Hinei Mah Tov Video

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