Voices of Movement Leaders
A Memo to Reconstructionist Communities
February 9, 2024 | Rabbi Maurice Harris
Rabbi Maurice Harris, Reconstructing Judaism’s Israel Affairs Specialist writes this memo to Reconstructionist communities discussing the events of Oct. 7, the International Court of Justice’s preliminary ruling on the genocide accusation, the future of what Israel will look like, and reminds us how we can help in this moment. Read More »
January 5, 2024 | Reconstructing Judaim & The RRA
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association hosted the event “Holding on to Hope” on Wednesday, Jan. 3 featuring the work of three courageous and dedicated activists for co-existence and shared society in Israel and Palestine. Watch Now »
December 22, 2023 | Rabbi Maurice Harris
Rabbi Maurice Harris led a webinar for members of Reconstructionist congregations to share some important things he had observed in the course of many conversations he and the rest of the Department for Thriving Communities have had with lay leaders and rabbis across our congregations since October 7. Read More »
December 12, 2023 | Rabbi Amber Powers
Rabbi Amber Powers, Executive Vice President of Reconstructing Judaism, wrote this ritual while struggling with how to celebrate a time of miracles and light when there are still 140 hostages that are literally underground without access to sunlight?Join us in using this ritual modification for the last night of Hanukkah. Read More on Ritualwell »
December 1, 2023 | Rabbi Alex Weissman
Every week, Rabbi Alex Weissman, director of Mekhinah, and cultural and spiritual life at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, emails members of the college community with words of Torah. Here’s his email from Dec. 1, 2023. Read More »
November 28, 2023 | Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, CEO of the RRA, writes about antisemitism and Islamophobia and her recent panel discussion with the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign, a multi-faith coalition of religious denominations committed to ending anti-Muslim hatred, discrimination and violence in the United States. Read More on RNS »
November 28, 2023 | Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss
Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss shares this D’var Torah from “Reckoning with Racism and Imagining a Path Forward” Weekend at Bet Am Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue. Read More »
November 13, 2023 | Rabbi Isaac Saposnik
So much about this time continues to be heart-breaking and soul-rending. Here in the United States, far removed from the front lines, one of the things that has been most painful for Rabbi Isaac Saposnik over these last few weeks has been the animus with which members of our Havaya family are engaging with one another – primarily on social media. Read More »
November 9, 2023 | Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.
Rabbi Deborah Waxman explores the stories of Genesis, as well as contemporary thought, in a search for “wellsprings of empathy.” This teaching points toward means of resilience in the extreme uncertainty of the present. Read More »
