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Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/womens-health-protection-act-whpa
Posted on: 2022/03/08 - 1:37pm
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Convention Press Release
Since the first Reconstructionist congregation was founded a century ago, the Reconstructionist movement has served as a laboratory for innovation in Jewish life. B’Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together, the upcoming movement-wide convention, will likewise model creative Jewish expression for the present and future, Reconstructing what it means to gather safely, purposefully and joyfully.
Posted on: 2022/03/04 - 11:29am
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Twin Milestones Mark a Century of Reconstructionist Innovation
By the standards of geology, 100 years is a nanosecond. Yet stretching farther than most human lives, a century tests the limits of human perspective. In 1922, thanks to the ratification of the 19th amendment, American women had just gained universal suffrage (though it would be decades before many women of color could exercise that right in practice). Also that year, the first radio was installed in the Harding White House, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated, and construction began on New York’s Yankee Stadium.
Posted on: 2022/03/03 - 12:13pm
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In solidarity with Ukraine
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Six Years Removed from Policy Shift, Rabbis with Non-Jewish Partners Continue to Embody Reconstructionist Values, Even as Challenges Persist
Rabbis Donna Cephas, Sandra Lawson and Michael Hess Webber each took very different paths to becoming Reconstructionist rabbis. Despite disparate journeys, the three religious leaders have continuously demonstrated dedication, creativity and an ability to inspire others. Their stories share an additional element: their paths to the rabbinate were once blocked because their partners are not Jewish.
Posted on: 2022/02/09 - 12:42pm
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Responding to Amnesty International’s report on Israel and the charge of apartheid
Posted on: 2022/02/07 - 12:19pm
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Reconstructing Judaism Statement
ברוך אתה ה’ אלוהינו חי העולמים מתיר אסורים.
Barukh atah adonay eloheynu hay ha’olamim matir asurim.
Blessed are you, THE REDEEMER, our God, Life of all the worlds, who frees the captives.
– From the morning liturgy
What a terrible irony that on Shabbat Shirah, as Jews around the world read about the Israelites’ liberation from slavery, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three other people were held hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas in a standoff that lasted more than 11 hours.
Posted on: 2022/01/16 - 12:50pm
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Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association join letter urging US Senate to fund Iron Dome replenishment
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Reconstructing Judaism joins Progressive Israel Network to welcome indefinite postponement of settlement construction in E-1 Area
Responding to news that plans to advance settlement housing units in the E-1 corridor linking East Jerusalem to the northern West Bank have been indefinitely postponed, the Progressive Israel Network issued the following statement:
The Progressive Israel Network (PIN) welcomes the news that the Israeli government will not be building Jewish settlements in the E-1 for the near future. We applaud the Biden Administration’s efforts to prevent such construction, and urge them to continue to push back against settlement expansion more broadly.
Posted on: 2022/01/11 - 2:08pm
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Society for Jewish Ethics
The Reconstructionist movement is being well represented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of Jewish Ethics, taking place Jan. 6-9 over Zoom. In fact, in terms of the number of presenters —at least three — the movement will have a greater presence at this year’s virtual gathering than at any time since the first conference was held in 2003.
Posted on: 2022/01/04 - 11:30am
