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Statement on Election - Tues Nov 4 2020
Updated on November 9, 2020:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stand for many of the values and are committed to many of the programs that Reconstructionist Jews champion. We have much work to do to heal our broken world. We stand ready to act in partnership with all people of goodwill.
Original Statement (November 4, 2020)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/counting-every-vote
Posted on: 2020/11/09 - 11:00am
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Why Reconstructionism Now? Nov 2020 Leadership message DW
The existential nature of the Coronavirus pandemic is laying the groundwork for a religious revival — increased interest in religious explanations, leadership and communities, and renewed creativity among those communities. The Reconstructionist movement’s reverence for the past, curiosity about the future, pragmatic spirit and democratic commitments make us poised to contribute a compelling vision of 21st-century Jewish life as part of this revival.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/why-reconstructionism-now
Posted on: 2020/11/16 - 10:43am
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Reconstructing Judaism joins Progressive Israel Network in Opposing New Settlement Expansion Moves
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Yael Ridburg Hanukkah column 2020
Rabbi Yael Ridberg’s Hanukkah message was published in the San Diego Tribune on December 11, 2020. The full piece can be found here: Commentary: Even during this pandemic we must let our Hanukkah light shine during the holidays
Posted on: 2020/12/14 - 11:11am
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Jews, Race, and Religion: An Online Lecture Series
By Rabbi Mira Beth Wasserman and Steven Weitzman
(This piece was originally posted on eJewishPhilanthropy on January 5, 2021. Click here for the original article.)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/jews-race-and-religion-online-lecture-series
Posted on: 2021/01/05 - 10:56am
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We Must Work to Ensure that the January 6th Insurrection Will Not Disrupt American Democracy
Reconstructionist Jews embrace living in both Jewish civilization and secular society. At the nexus of the Jewish and American civilizations is a wholehearted embrace of democracy. For us, democracy translates into practice the core principle of betzelem Elohim, the recognition that every individual is created in the image of God. Democracy advances millennia of Jewish experiments in self-governance, while also allowing deep and meaningful engagement with other ethnic and religious groups and full participation in broader society.
Posted on: 2021/01/07 - 7:36pm
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Progressive Israel Network Groups Oppose Codification of IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, Citing Strong Potential for Misuse
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Parshat Bo 2021: The Rituals of Democracy - Yael Ridberg
(Written for Shabbat Bo, January 22, 2021, and originally published at The Times of Israel as “The Rituals of American Democracy” Used with kind permission.)
Wednesday morning, I settled in to watch the inaugural events unfold. I was filled with anticipation and relief that the last four years were over, and a new era was about to begin. I was transfixed watching the guests arrive at the Capitol only two weeks after the temple of democracy was overrun by a seditious mob.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/rituals-democracy
Posted on: 2021/01/22 - 9:36am
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Guarding and Growing Trust in the Time of Corona
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The False Choice Between Safety and The Economy
In its unsigned editorial on May 5, “The False Choice Between Safety and the Economy”, The New York Jewish Week points to the “Reopening Our Institutions” document produced by Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/false-choice-between-safety-and-economy
Posted on: 2020/05/07 - 3:52pm