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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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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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Reconstructing Gatherings for a Hybrid World
This essay originally appeared in The Times of Israel.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/reconstructing-gatherings-hybrid-world
Posted on: 2022/03/17 - 9:27pm
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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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How one trailblazing rabbi is fighting racism in the Reconstructionist movement
This article originally appeared in the Forward. Sign up here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox.
Posted on: 2022/04/07 - 2:14pm
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The Reconstructionist Movement Comes Together in New Hinei Mah Tov Video
As part of our recent convention, B’yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together, we shared this video of a new setting for Hinei Mah Tov by RRC student Solomon Hoffman. It features over 150 Reconstructionists representing 40 of our communities from across North America and beyond. The participants reflect the spectrum of our movement—lay leaders, Rabbis, Cantors, students, teachers, children, elders, musicians, singers, dancers, artists—all sharing in this collective project.
Posted on: 2022/04/07 - 9:44am
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Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/statement-terrorist-attacks-israel
Posted on: 2022/04/08 - 9:13am
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Reconstructing Judaism Joins More than 375 Interfaith Groups Urging Biden to Expedite Refugee Efforts
Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s March 16 speech to Congress, more than 375 Jewish and other faith-based groups and organizations urged President Joe Biden to take immediate steps to welcome refugees from Ukraine. Jewish Federations of North America spearheaded the March 18 letter. Click here to view the PDF of the letter and see the full list of organizations that signed on.
Dear President Biden,
Posted on: 2022/03/22 - 11:29am
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B’Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together: ‘A Taste of the World We Hope to Build’
Koach Baruch Frazier began with a blessing.
"Elohai neshamah shenatata bi tehorah hi", chanted Frazier: “My God, the soul that you have placed within me is pure.”
Posted on: 2022/04/06 - 8:43pm
