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Book Club 10/20/17 First Session
I think there’s an appetite to know. I think there’s an incredible hunger to understand…We have to embrace ignorance because it is a permanent state in Jewish learning. You will never master it. But instead of feeling frustrated, we can feel energized by that.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/bookclubfirstsession
Posted on: 2017/11/10 - 1:09pm
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Congregational Pre-Holiday Notes September 2017
Here are some important announcements from the Reconstructionist movement for Fall 2017:
Save the date! The Reconstructionist Convention is happening in Philadelphia November 15-18, 2018. Join with other Reconstructionists to sing, pray, learn, eat and be together. More details coming soon!
——————https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/pre-hh-notes-2017
Posted on: 2017/09/18 - 3:24pm
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Further Resources - Embracing Stranger - Internal
We’d like to offer these further pieces from Ritualwell.org and ReconstructingJudaism.org on the internal work that individual Jews and their communities can do to welcome those who feel estranged.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/further-resources-within
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 1:01pm
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Further Resources on Embracing the Stranger - Interpersonal
We’d like to offer these further pieces from Ritualwell.org and Jewishrecon.org on embracing the stranger face-to-face.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/read-more
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:14pm
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Jewish Startup Inspiration with the Innovators Incubator
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/jewish-startup-inspiration-innovators-incubator
Posted on: 2017/06/08 - 1:22pm
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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
