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About Recon - Intellectual Origins
The name Reconstructionist was coined in the first half of the 20th century to describe an approach to understanding and living a Jewish life that dates back to the sixth century B.C.E. Jeremiah illustrated this approach as he confronted the challenges of early Israel.. Correctly sensing that the community was facing great changes, Jeremiah understood that it was his role as a Jewish leader:
To uproot and to pull down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.” (Jer. 1:10)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/reconstructionist-movement-intellectual-origins
Posted on: 2016/03/22 - 6:01pm
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Reconstructionist Educators' FAQs
Click here to read the developmental introduction to these FAQs
Questions About God “Do Reconstructionists believe in God?” “Do I have to believe in God to be a Jew?” Posted on: 2016/03/24 - 6:10pm
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Introduction to Reconstructionist Educators' FAQs
Click here to read the FAQs themselves.
What is going on in a child’s mind when they ask a question? Rabbi Harold Kushner tells the amusing story of the parent who wanted to provide sophisticated theological answers to his five-year-old son who had asked about God. The father explained how God wasn’t really a person, but was instead a spirit, a miraculous presence. A few minutes later the five-year-old came back to his father and said, “I got it. God is like Casper the Friendly Ghost.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/introduction-reconstructionist-educators-faqs
Posted on: 2016/03/24 - 6:12pm
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Adonai-Elohim: The Two Faces of God
Right after Yom Kippur I received a frantic telephone call. As I arrived at the home, it was already filled with family and friends. I knew the family very well: serious Jews.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/adonai-elohim-two-faces-god
Posted on: 2016/04/26 - 11:46am
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Dialogue Episode 3 Transcript
This is a transcript of the Dialogue Podcast, Episode 3: Rainbow Tallit Baby, an interview with Aurora Mendelsohn.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/transcript-dialogue-podcast-episode-3
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 12:39pm
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Dialogue Episode 1 Transcript
This is a transcript of theDialogue Podcast, Episode 1: New Jewish Spaces, an interview with Rabbi Shira Stutman.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/transcript-dialogue-podcast-episode-1
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 1:37pm
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Dialogue Episode 2 Transcript
This is a transcript of the Dialogue Podcast, Episode 2: Acting Sustainably, an interview with Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb.
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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/transcript-dialogue-podcast-episode-2
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 1:49pm
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Sometimes You Have to Close Your Eyes and Leap
As a child I was never much of a risk taker. I was so afraid of the water that I didn’t even learn to swim until I was nearly a teenager. I was also definitely an introvert as a child: while I did have a few good friends, I was never really comfortable with most group activities. Other than music and a passion to learn drums and percussion, my favorite pastimes were either reading by myself (I still follow my regimen of reading at least 50 books every year), or hanging out at my synagogue, where I always felt comfortable, at home, and safe.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/sometimes-you-have-close-your-eyes-and-leap
Posted on: 2016/05/05 - 11:30am
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Reconstructionist Chutzpah
Chabad shluchim, Beat poets, stoner Kabbalah artists, Walt Whitman, Rebbe Nachman, Mizrahi social activists: each of these occupy a place in my constellation of influences, waning and waxing in potency. I revere them and I synthesize many of their characteristics and techniques in my work.
Mordecai Kaplan is not on this list, nor are other “Reconstructionist” spiritual leaders. So am I a Reconstructionist rabbi? What does it mean to be Reconstructionist?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/reconstructionist-chutzpah-spirit-provocation
Posted on: 2016/05/05 - 11:32am
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Role of Obligation in Jewish Education (Discussion)
Discussion from November - December, 2001
Sarah Rubin - Monday November 26, 2001:
EdTalk Chevre,
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/role-obligation-jewish-education-discussion
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:49am
