Tikkun Olam – Reconstructing Judaism

Tote bags labeled Service Matters: Israel Summit are displayed on a table with flyers and green onions.

Beyond Brokenness: How Service Creates Pathways to Healing and Hope

May 14, 2025

In this moving reflection, Rabbi Deborah Waxman shares her transformative experience on a service-learning trip to Israel with Yahel and Repair the World. Amid the complexities of a region in conflict, she discovers how hands-on service work—from weeding at a therapeutic farm for veterans to packing food for Bedouin villages—opens pathways to hope, agency and renewal when mere words and meetings cannot.

Participants in a recent Reconstructionist pilgrimage for Jews of African descent visit the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Ala, which retells American history from chattel slavery to mass incarceration. The museum also honors those who have resisted systematic racism and white supremacy.

Reconstructionist Movement Calls for Reparations and Teshuvah

January 22, 2023

The Reconstructionist movement has adopted a Resolution on Reparations, making a commitment to “supporting and advocating for institutional, local and federal legislation and policies that specifically address the need for reparations.”

The resolution is a call for communal and national teshuvah, an opportunity for repentance, utilizing a Jewish framework to speak with moral authority on an issue of profound importance to American society and global efforts for justice.

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Urging Foreign Assistance for Abortion Funding

August 10, 2022

Reconstructing Judaism joins a diverse group of more than 100 U.S. and international organizations in sending a letter to the U.S. State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) urging that foreign assistance funding for abortion care be authorized immediately “to the full extent of the law.” The letter

Creating Radically Welcoming Communities

July 19, 2021

In this workshop, Rabbi Lawson addresses the question, “What do our Jewish texts and values say about welcoming others into our communities?”

Call for Nominations to the Reconstructionist Movement’s Two Commissions

February 3, 2021

Nominations are open for the Reconstructionist movement’s Tikkun Olam Commission and Joint Israel Commission.

Access to Clean Water

November 4, 2020

Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among 12 faith organizations endorsing a letter to Congress urging action to ensure universal access to clean water.

Support Project Rozana

July 6, 2020

Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association are encouraging congregations and individuals to support this life-saving fund-raising effort organized by Project Rozana, a well-respected international non-profit organization that is leading a project supported by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to purchase badly needed ventilators for West Bank and Gaza hospitals in light of the current COVID-19 spike in the region, which threatens to overwhelm Palestinian hospital ICUs.

Does The Torah Require Us To Publicize Names Of Sexual Abusers?

March 28, 2018

What does Judaism teach us about how to respond to accusations of harassment or assault?

A Vital Foreign Policy Tool Under Threat

October 9, 2017

Rabbi David Teutsch urges support for foreign aid in the upcoming federal budget.

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Beyond Brokenness: How Service Creates Pathways to Healing and Hope

Reconstructionist Movement Calls for Reparations and Teshuvah

Urging Foreign Assistance for Abortion Funding

Creating Radically Welcoming Communities

Call for Nominations to the Reconstructionist Movement’s Two Commissions

Access to Clean Water

Support Project Rozana

Does The Torah Require Us To Publicize Names Of Sexual Abusers?

A Vital Foreign Policy Tool Under Threat

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