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Congregational Safety Resources
In the months since the October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack, we have been sharing resources with Reconstructionist communities that address questions of how to make our synagogues safer while also upholding Jewish values of racial justice, interfaith community building, and equity. This page gathers together what we’ve shared so far with our educators, executive directors and presidents.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/synagogue-safety-security-and-values-resources
Posted on: 2019/04/29 - 1:45pm
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Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi, Ph.D., is a scholar of Hebrew Bible, author and teacher with a wellspring of academic, administrative and nonprofit leadership experience. As vice president for academic affairs, Mbuvi oversees the academic program and a curriculum that combines rigorous academic learning with intensive community-building and field training. Mbuvi subscribes to a holistic approach to rabbinic education — one that equips students to bring about new possibilities for the world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/amanda-beckenstein-mbuvi-phd
Posted on: 2021/10/19 - 3:22pm
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Alex Weissman
Rabbi Alex joined Congregation Agudas Achim as its spiritual leader in July 2020. He was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in 2017, where he fell in love with Talmud study and served a range of communities, including Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in NYC, Temple Shalom of Newton, Avodah, and Jewish Family & Children’s Services as a hospice chaplain. He completed a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Hebrew SeniorLife. During his time at RRC, he received a Tikkun Olam award, the Ann W.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/alex-weissman
Posted on: 2021/10/04 - 10:49am
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Israeli-Palestinian History from a Progressive Zionist Perspective
This 3-part online class is based on a slideshow with the instructor, Rabbi Maurice Harris, narrating, followed by some Q and A with members of Or Haneshamah (Ottawa, ON, Canada).
Posted on: 2021/07/13 - 12:45pm
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2021 Auerbach Grant Recipients
Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach Launch Grants and Ignition Grants support rabbinical students and rabbis in reconstructing the Jewish landscape to be more inclusive and engaging. This year’s winners point the way to a dynamic Jewish future.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/2021-auerbach-launch-and-ignition-grant-recipients
Posted on: 2021/07/13 - 10:56am
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Reconstructing Judaism Over the Next Five Years
by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., and Seth Rosen
In March 2021, the board of governors unanimously adopted a five-year strategic plan for Reconstructing Judaism. The new strategic plan reaffirms our longstanding commitments, transforms our ideological interest in innovation into strategy, and charts new paths forward around engagement of individuals and communities through both in-person and online platforms.
The plan identifies five key goals, equal in importance:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/reconstructing-judaism-over-next-five-years
Posted on: 2021/06/16 - 2:02pm
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Virtual Day of Learning 2021 - God?: A Reconstructionist Conversation
Posted on: 2021/03/01 - 12:29pm
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Global Day of Jewish Learning 2020
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/global-day-jewish-learning-2020
Posted on: 2021/03/01 - 12:03pm
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Sandra Lawson
Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her) works with senior staff, lay leaders, clergy, rabbinical students, and Reconstructionist communities to help Reconstructing Judaism realize its deeply held aspiration of becoming an anti-racist organization and movement. In her role, Lawson is developing a series of anti-racist policies and trainings for the organization and its affiliate members. She also serves as a mentor to rabbinical students.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/rabbi-sandra-lawson
Posted on: 2021/01/26 - 2:44pm
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Eulogy / Hesped for Howard Blitman
This eulogy for Howard Blitman, z”l, was delivered on January 4, 2021 by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/hesped-howard-blitman
Posted on: 2021/01/04 - 12:00pm
