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Keeping Judaism Alive Behind Prison Walls
In loyalty, you sustain the living, nurturing the life of everything, healing the sick, freeing the captive.
Jessica Rosenberg, a senior at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in suburban Philadelphia, has often been inspired and troubled by these words of gratitude in the daily morning prayers. What does it mean that God frees the captive and heals the sick, knowing some people never achieve freedom or recover from certain illnesses? Does it mean that God only delivers some people and not others? Or should the words be interpreted metaphorically?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/keeping-judaism-alive-behind-prison-walls
Posted on: 2018/02/28 - 10:00am
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Metoo Exponent Article
Sexual harassment of women in many professions has gained intense public scrutiny in recent weeks. Women rabbis are among those affected — and their position as religious leaders sometimes makes them particular targets. In a January 24th article in the Jewish Exponent, Barbara Breitman, assistant professor of pastoral counseling at RRC, sheds light on the phenomenon. “When the power invested in a rabbi is embodied by a woman, some people are still very uncomfortable with that and behave in ways that, consciously or unconsciously, are efforts to reduce their power.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/women-rabbis-respond-metoo
Posted on: 2018/01/25 - 12:00am
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Reconstructionist Movement Updates
Though we count time Jewishly, by any consideration the secular year 2018 is an exciting year for the Reconstructionist movement.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/reconstructionist-movement-updates
Posted on: 2018/03/06 - 11:10am
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Does The Torah Require Us To Publicize Names Of Sexual Abusers?
What does Judaism teach us about how to respond to accusations of harassment or assault? Are we to regard the reputation of the accused as the highest priority even if that means silencing those speaking up against abuse? If so, how can the Jewish community address the problem?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/does-torah-require-us-publicize-names-sexual-abusers
Posted on: 2018/03/28 - 3:47pm
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April 2018 Leadership Column
Why belong?
Why belong to the Jewish people? Why belong to a synagogue? Why belong to the Reconstructionist movement?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/why-belong
Posted on: 2018/04/09 - 8:43am
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Joint Statement on Immigration
The leadership of Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association condemn with horror the travesty that has become our immigration system under the administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The “zero tolerance” policy that first saw young children ripped away from their parents as they attempted to seek asylum and safety in the United States—and now is holding families locked up in detention—is immoral and a disgrace to the American and Jewish values we hold dear.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/joint-statement-immigration
Posted on: 2018/06/27 - 4:44am
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Reconstructionist Communities Make Disability Inclusion a Top Priority
Celebrations program at Ner Shalom Posted on: 2018/06/28 - 9:47am
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July Leadership Column
I frequently describe myself as an evangelist for progressive religion. I spend much of my time making the case for why folks should belong. Why belong to any religion? Why belong to the Jewish people? Why belong to a synagogue? Why belong to the Reconstructionist movement?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/drawing-comfort-community
Posted on: 2018/07/02 - 9:57am
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RRA in the Poor People's Campaign
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/poor-peoples-campaign-national-call-moral-revival
Posted on: 2018/07/02 - 10:24am
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Seth Rosen Aug 6
In the last several weeks, two experiences, both of them ongoing, have made clear to me the power and persistency of “gathering” as a lynchpin of building and sustaining a spiritual community within the Reconstructionist movement. By “gathering,” I mean physically gathering—being together at the same time, in the same place, for one another and with one another.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/gathering-together
Posted on: 2018/08/06 - 4:45pm
