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Joint Letter Urging Secretary of State to Fill Anti-Semitism Special Envoy Position
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among the organizational signatories of this letter directed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to fill the vacant position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Posted on: 2018/05/29 - 3:56pm
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Amicus brief in California vs. Azar
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association signed onto an amicus curiae brief challenging religious organizations’ claim to exemption from providing, and power to block access to, women’s contraceptive services for their employees. The brief argues that under the Establishment Clause of the U.S.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/amicus-brief-california-vs-azar
Posted on: 2018/05/30 - 12:09pm
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Letter opposing nomination of Ronald Mortensen
(An earlier version of this letter was submitted to the Senate in June 2018.)
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among nineteen national Jewish organizations signing onto a letter of opposition to the nomination of Ronald Mortensen, an anti-immigrant extremist, as assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. The full letter is attached in PDF form, and its body text follows:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-opposing-nomination-ronald-mortensen
Posted on: 2019/03/27 - 12:00am
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Letter of Concern Regarding Human Rights in Burma
Reconstructing Judaism is among 46 organizations signing onto a letter of concern by Human Rights Watch about Burma’s human rights record, addressed to the US House and Senate Armed Services Committees.
Senator Inhofe, Acting Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
Senator Jack Reed, Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep. Mac Thornberry, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committeehttps://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-concern-regarding-human-rights-burma
Posted on: 2018/07/09 - 9:46am
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Jewish Communal Letter on Refugee Admissions
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among the 36 Jewish organizations that signed onto a letter urging President Trump to change his stated intent to drastically cut the number of refugees admissed to the United States.
The letter is attached above as a PDF. Its text follows:
Dear Mr. President:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/jewish-communal-letter-refugee-admissions
Posted on: 2018/08/16 - 12:00pm
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Letter on Trans Rights to HHS
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among sixteen national Jewish organizations authoring a joint letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, expressing opposition to a restrictive legal definition of sex that would effectively define out of existence the gender identities of millions of people. The letter is attached as a PDF, and reads in part:
Posted on: 2018/12/10 - 3:02pm
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Letter Opposing Repeal of Johnson Amendment
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among 109 organizations sending a letter to the House of Representatives, urging them not to repeal or weaken the “Johnson Amendment” that currently ensures that tax-exempt organizations do not support or oppose candidates for political office. The text of the letter is included as a PDF above, and reproduced below.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-opposing-repeal-johnson-amendment
Posted on: 2018/12/17 - 6:00pm
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Bladensburg Amicus Brief
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association joined an amicus curiae brief filed by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that religious symbols erected on public property and maintained with taxpayer dollars are unconstitutional.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/bladensburg-cross-amicus-brief
Posted on: 2019/01/30 - 6:58pm
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Letter Opposing Repeal of Johnson Amendment (April 2019)
(Updated in April 2019 to reflect the final version of the letter.)
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were among 131 organizations sending a letter to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committes, urging them not to repeal or weaken the “Johnson Amendment” that currently ensures that tax-exempt organizations do not support or oppose candidates for political office. The text of the letter is included as a PDF above, and reproduced below. (Footnotes are found only in the PDF version)
Posted on: 2019/02/06 - 3:38pm
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Letter on Religious Discrimination in Foster Care
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association joined more than 100 organizations in protest of the recent decision to exempt federally funded foster care agencies in South Carolina from federal religious nondiscrimination protections. The full letter to Secretary Alex Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services is attached above and reproduced in part below.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-religious-discrimination-foster-care
Posted on: 2019/02/14 - 5:00pm
