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  1. America's First Bat Mitzvah podcast promo

    Many Jews have heard that the first bat mitzvah celebration took place in 1922 in a Reconstructionist congregation — and that the first girl to become a bat mitzvah was Judith Kaplan, daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.  Much less familiar are the historical factors leading to that moment, or why it took several more decades before the bat mitzvah as we know it to take root. 

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/americas-first-bat-mitzvah-and-its-legacy-american-jewish-life

    Posted on: 2021/05/27 - 10:35am

  2. NPR Story - Antisemitism after Gaza

    In the wake of the recent armed hostilities between Israel and Gaza, American Jews have increasingly experienced antisemitic harassment and violence. In a recent NPR story, “Antisemitism Spikes, And Many Jews Wonder: ‘Where Are Our Allies?’”, Rabbi Sandra Lawson recounts her experience being targeted on social media:

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/npr-story-rising-antisemitism-and-role-allies

    Posted on: 2021/06/07 - 10:05am

  3. Reconstructing Judaism Adopts Commitments on Racial Justice - News Item

    The Reconstructionist movement’s Jews of Color and Allies Advisory Group recently made a set of recommendations about how to racially diversify and advance anti-racism in the Reconstructionist movement, including at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Camp Havaya, and how to center and celebrate the voices and experiences of BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) in the Reconstructionist movement.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/reconstructing-judaism-adopts-commitments-racial-justice

    Posted on: 2021/06/15 - 12:00am

  4. Statement on the No Fear Rally

    Although Reconstructing Judaism has not been asked to participate in the No Fear rally, and has therefore had no opportunity to participate in its messaging or planning, we endorse it in principle because we are firmly opposed to antisemitism and, in our efforts to foster engaged and substantive Jewish life and in our tikkun olam and public square work, we act continuously to counter it.  We believe that antisemitism is a scourge that must be forcefully denounced.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/statement-no-fear-rally

    Posted on: 2021/07/09 - 12:31pm

  5. Amanda Mbuvi Announcement

  6. Creating Radically Welcoming Communities

    On June 30, 2021, Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her) led a racial justice workshop called Creating Radically Welcoming Communities. This workshop was part of a series of racial justice workshops called Looking within for Communical Change, organized and produced by Philadelphia’s Center City Kehillah. Reconstructing Judaism proudly co-sponsored Rabbi Lawson’s workshop with the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia and the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/creating-radically-welcoming-communities

    Posted on: 2021/07/19 - 2:55pm

  7. Jewish Rohingya Justice Network Applauds Introduction of The Bipartisan, Bicameral Burma Act

    The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network applauds House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Foreign Affairs Asia-Pacific Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) for their leadership in introducing the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2021 or the BURMA Act. This legislation comes at a critical moment for all of the people of Burma, including the Rohingya people, and we call on every member of Congress to support this bill’s passage without delay.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/jewish-rohingya-justice-network-applauds-introduction-bipartisan-bicameral-burma-act

    Posted on: 2021/10/06 - 9:38pm

  8. The Next Normal and our movement

    This piece originally appeared in RRA Connection, the newsletter of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/next-normal-and-our-movement

    Posted on: 2021/10/07 - 2:18pm

  9. New Online Community for Jewish Poets and Liturgists Aims to Produce “Ripple” Effect

  10. 2021 Nobel prize in economics

    Mazel tov to Joshua Angrist, an Israeli-American economist who was awarded the 2021 Nobel prize in economics, together with David Card and Guido Imbens. 

    Angrist was raised in Pittsburgh and celebrated his bar mitzvah at Congregation Dor Hadash, a Reconstructionist affiliate. 

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/nobel-prize-winner-has-roots-reconstructionist-affiliate-dor-hadash

    Posted on: 2021/10/14 - 11:55am

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