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  1. Text Study - Genesis - Nature of First Human

    In the first two chapters of the Torah, we find two different accounts of the creation of humanity. In the first, humanity is created as a complete entity, male and female. In the second, Adam is created first, while Eve originates from his rib. In this text study, Rabbi Maurice Harris explores the tension between these two stories, and presents a teaching from Midrash Bereishit Rabbah that presents food for thought about gender, essentialism, and the nature of humanity. 

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/text-study-creation-story-nature-first-human

    Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 1:53pm

  2. Amicus Brief: EEOC vs. Harris Funeral Homes

    (Summary courtesy of the ADL)

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/amicus-brief-eeoc-vs-harris-funeral-homes

    Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 12:00am

  3. 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:

     

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/endorsement/letter-opposing-plans-adopt-legal-definition-sex

    Posted on: 2018/12/10 - 3:02pm

  4. Commission on Homosexuality Report 1992

    In 1992, the Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot released a report entitled Homosexuality And Judaism: The Reconstructionist Position, a document affirming the humanity and equality of gay and lesbian Jews and advocating for inclusion and welcome in all areas of Jewish life — a forthright stance that put Reconstructionism in the vanguard of religious organizations at that time. 

    https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/reconstructionist-commission-homosexuality-report-1992

    Posted on: 2020/12/22 - 12:51pm