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Brief Asking Federal Court to Reverse Ruling Allowing Strip Searches of Female Inmates As Training Exercise
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assocation joined an amicus brief in Henry v. Hulett submitted by Muslim Advocates, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to re-hear and reverse a ruling that found that staff at an Illinois prison did not violate the Constitution when they forced female inmates to engage in a deeply humiliating and dehumanizing strip search as part of a training exercise.
Posted on: 2019/08/30 - 11:31am
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Joint Letter on Refugee Policy
Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association have joined with 166 national, state and local Jewish organizations and institutions in urging the United States to meet the refugee resettlement admissions goal of 30,000 for fiscal year 2019 and to return to historic norms next year.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/joint-letter-refugee-policy
Posted on: 2019/08/08 - 10:28am
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Silence as Protest (AKA The World of Silence) - Pinkhas DT Howard Cohen
Silence in the world of verbal communication can be as complicated to interpret and as deliberate as any word choice. We are often as careful (or should be) about when we choose to remain silent as we are about the words we use to convey a message. In the world of printed words, silence is every bit as powerful as in the audio world. However, it is much more difficult to indicate.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/silence-protest
Posted on: 2017/06/30 - 1:29pm
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Who Was Korakh DT Lewis Eron
During the forty years in the wilderness, Moses faced a number of challenges to his leadership. Some arose out of our ancestors’ sense of loss and deprivation. Others centered on issues of policy. The most threatening of these challenges, however, was the constitutional crisis brought about by Korakh’s attempt to supplant both Moses as political leader and Aaron as High Priest.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/who-was-korakh
Posted on: 2017/06/14 - 8:22pm
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Endorsement of House Resolution in Support of Two-State Solution
Reconstructing Judaism joins nine other Jewish organizations in endorsing House Resolution 326 (text and co-sponsors), which reaffirms longstanding bipartisan support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and opposes any US actions that would encourage or endorse unilateral Israeli annexations in the West Bank.
Posted on: 2019/06/19 - 12:17pm
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DT Vaykhi Lewis Eron - The Goal of Life
(Want to learn more about Jewish views on purpose and meaning? Visit Reconstructionism - Believing.)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/goal-life
Posted on: 2017/01/30 - 1:18pm
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The destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah - DT Vayera
(Want to learn more about Jewish views on morality? Visit Ethics and Values.)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/destruction-cities-sodom-and-gomorrah
Posted on: 2017/01/31 - 3:43pm
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Letter Opposing Rollback of Predatory Lending Protections
Posted on: 2019/05/17 - 4:56pm
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Statement Supporting Equality Act
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/statement-supporting-equality-act
Posted on: 2019/05/17 - 1:49pm
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Letter to New York Times Regarding Antisemitic Cartoon
Reconstructing Judaism was a signatory to a letter that the the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) sent to the New York Times Executive Editor condemning the Antisemitic cartoon published on April 25, 2019. JCPA, an umbrella organization of the Jewish community relations field, issued the letter signed by 54 local Jewish Community Relations Councils, 14 National member agencies, and 13 other organizations. The letter urged the New York Times to take tangible steps to ensure that such inflammatory material will not be published in the future.
Posted on: 2019/05/03 - 12:16am
