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  1. The Wealth Gap: How We Chose This Issue

    Our Tikkun Olam Commission developed a set of criteria to guide its social justice recommendations for the movement. Every couple of years, the Commission will advise that the Reconstructionist movement concentrate on a new issue which, on balance, best meets these criteria.

    Here’s how the wealth gap meets the criteria we’ve set for a movement-wide focus:

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/wealth-gap-how-we-chose-issue

    Posted on: 2016/04/19 - 2:34pm

  2. About the Wealth Gap

    Justice Further Deferred

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/about-wealth-gap

    Posted on: 2016/04/19 - 2:43pm

  3. Tikkun Olam: Our Current Focus

    The Reconstructionist movement has helped define the vanguard of social justice in the Jewish community, advancing causes from equality for women and the LGBT community, to interfaith dialogue.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/tikkun-olam-our-current-focus

    Posted on: 2020/01/15 - 11:00am

  4. Jews of Color and Allies Advisory Group Mandate

    Background and objectives: 

    WHEREAS Jews of Color (JOC) comprise at least 12-15 percent of the American Jewish community yet are often marginalized and discriminated against in mainstream Jewish settings, Reconstructing Judaism must take further action to ensure that our Jewish communities provide a safe, supportive, loving and empowering haven for all of us, most especially Jews of Color.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/jews-color-and-allies-advisory-group-mandate

    Posted on: 2020/10/12 - 1:43pm

  5. Mandate for Tikkun Olam Commission

    BACKGROUND

     
    By Resolution dated April 22, 2018, The Board of Governors of Reconstructing Judaism (the Board) approved the establishment of the Tikkun Olam Commission (TOC) as a joint commission of Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA).
     
    In addition, two co-chairs were selected to form and lead the TOC: one lay leader invited by the Board (Angela Milstein of Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades) and one rabbinic leader invited by the RRA (Rabbi Renee Bauer, RRC ’05).

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/mandate-tikkun-olam-commission

    Posted on: 2020/10/12 - 1:56pm

  6. Call for Commission Nominations 2021

    Dear members of Reconstructionist communities, 

    The two active commissions of the Reconstructionist movement – the Tikkun Olam Commission (TOC) and the Joint Israel Commission (JIC) – are seeking nominees to fill several seats on each commission. Beginning this year, a request for nominations will go out every year. Terms begin September 1st and last for three years with the option to apply for a second term. Both commissions onboard new members in staggered stages so there are openings for new folks each year.  

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/movement-commissions-annual-call-for-nominations

    Posted on: 2021/02/03 - 3:35pm