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Open Letter on Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act
RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities joined a broad coalition of organizations from across the Jewish community — including leaders of major organizations and the Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative and Orthodox movements — in releasing a letter urging the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 (S. 2060).
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/open-letter-burma-human-rights-and-freedom-act
Posted on: 2018/01/05 - 10:54am
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Sandy Sasso: Art and Biblical Text
In this Community Teaching call from January 2017, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches on artists and biblical text as seen through literature, visual art and music.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/art-and-biblical-text
Posted on: 2017/12/11 - 2:57pm
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Community Teaching 11-21-2017 - Maurice Harris
In this Community Learning call from November 21, 2017, Rabbi Maurice Harris talks about the strange way the Torah tells us about Moses’ up-close encounters with God, contradicting itself purposely within the space of nine verses. Two consecutive stories in the Book of Exodus confront us with a crucial paradox about how it is or isn’t possible to encounter the Divine, leaving us as readers with something like an “impossible” mental picture that we may be tempted to try to resolve or to hold as a fruitful paradox.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/moses-encounters-god
Posted on: 2017/12/11 - 2:31pm
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Joint Filing Opposing Anti-LGBTQ Religious Exemptions in Supreme Court Case
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and many Reconstructionist leaders were among 1,300 clergy and faith leaders representing half a million congregants from approximately 50 unique faith traditions across the U.S. who joined together to send a clear message that businesses open to the public must serve all. The clergy filed a friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/amicus-opposing-religious-exemptions
Posted on: 2017/10/30 - 11:30am
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Letter in Support of OFF (Off Fossil Fuels) Act
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association are signatories to a letter by Food & Water Watch urging members of Congress to co-sponsor HR3671, the OFF (Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future) Act. The bill would place a moratorium on new fossil fuel projects, and move our electricity and most transportation systems to 100% renewable energy by 2035. It would also funding for jobs and economic development for those working in the fossil fuel industry.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-support-fossil-fuels-act
Posted on: 2017/10/03 - 10:06am
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Faith Voices letter in support of keeping houses of worship non-partisan
Reconstructionist leaders were among the more than 4000 signatories to a letter urging the U.S. Senate not to repeal or weaken current law that prevents tax-exempt religious organizations from partisan political endorsements. The text of the letter follows. For a full list of signatories, see the attached PDF.
Dear Senator:
Posted on: 2017/08/16 - 12:00am
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Statement by RRA on Forgoing HHD Call w/Trump
The following statement was released jointly by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Rabbinical Assembly, and Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been deeply engaged in both, considering the events of the Jewish year that is ending and preparing spiritually for the year to come.
Posted on: 2017/08/23 - 12:00am
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Joint Letter Calling for Syrian Refugee Resettlement
On April 27th, RRC/JRC co-signed a letter with 36 national organizations calling on President Trump to resettle more Syrian refugees after the horrific chemical attacks on Syrians earlier in the month. In part, the letter reads:
Posted on: 2017/04/27 - 12:00am
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Joint Letter Urging Support for Haitians at Risk of Deportation
RRC and the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities joined more than 400 faith leaders and organizations in this May 1, 2017 letter urging Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to extend Haitian refugees’ Temporary Protected Status.
Posted on: 2017/05/01 - 12:00am
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Faith Organization Letter Against Funding the Commission on Election Integrity
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities signed a letter to Congress opposing the funding of President Trump’s “Commission on Election Integrity.” In the letter’s words:
Posted on: 2017/07/20 - 12:00am
