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Reconstructionism, Chosenness, and the Abrahamic Dialogue
The first time I encountered the idea that Jews were a “chosen people,” I learned that this was a mistaken and even pernicious belief that was held by other Jews. The rejection of chosenness made sense to me then as a 12 year old preparing for her bat mitzvah in a Reconstructionist congregation. It has continued to make sense to me over the years, for all the reasons that Rabbi Deborah Waxman so eloquently lays out in her article, “Rejecting Chosenness in Favor of Distinctiveness.”
Posted on: 2016/05/13 - 11:44am
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"Straight-Welcoming?!" – Creating an Inclusive Community
Jewish communities of all stripes are grappling with the challenge of creating more inclusive communities. In particular, there is an unprecedented focus on welcoming LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Jews. At Congregation Bet Haverim (CBH) in Atlanta, our commitment to inclusivity emerged organically. Founded by gay and lesbian Jews, we became straight-welcoming; today, straight members constitute the majority. We had to decide whether our values were queer specific or queer universal.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/straight-welcoming-creating-inclusive-community
Posted on: 2016/05/13 - 11:25am
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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
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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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Vision Statement - DW
Rabbi Deborah Waxman shares her vision for the Reconstructionist movement upon the occasion of her inauguration.
Why Reconstructionism now?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/vision-statement
Posted on: 2014/11/03 - 12:00am
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Fair Trade 11/6/17 Second Session
What does it mean to be made in G-d’s image, and how does that relate to Fair Trade?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/fairtradesecondsession
Posted on: 2017/11/06 - 3:54pm
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Network for Network Builders 12/13/17
In our networks, how do we live our espoused values?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/networkfornetworkbuilderssecondsession
Posted on: 2017/12/13 - 4:26pm
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2017 Launch Grant: Shelly Barnathan
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Sandy Sasso: Art and Biblical Text
In this Community Teaching call from January 2017, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches on artists and biblical text as seen through literature, visual art and music.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/art-and-biblical-text
Posted on: 2017/12/11 - 2:57pm
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Community Teaching 11-21-2017 - Maurice Harris
In this Community Learning call from November 21, 2017, Rabbi Maurice Harris talks about the strange way the Torah tells us about Moses’ up-close encounters with God, contradicting itself purposely within the space of nine verses. Two consecutive stories in the Book of Exodus confront us with a crucial paradox about how it is or isn’t possible to encounter the Divine, leaving us as readers with something like an “impossible” mental picture that we may be tempted to try to resolve or to hold as a fruitful paradox.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/moses-encounters-god
Posted on: 2017/12/11 - 2:31pm
