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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

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

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

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

Melissa Heller

Rabbi Melissa Heller is the Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. In this role, she has the great privilege of supporting prospective rabbinical students as they discern and enact their visions of service and leadership for the Jewish people and wider world.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/rabbi-melissa-heller

Posted on: 2020/11/12 - 1:06pm

Affiliate Dues Form FY21

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/affiliate-dues-form-fy21

Posted on: 2020/06/18 - 9:00pm

Rachel Swartz Robinson

Rachel Swartz Robinson joined Reconstructing Judaism as Director of Individual Giving in April 2020. She oversees activities in stewardship, donor relations, and leadership annual giving.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/rachel-swartz-robinson

Posted on: 2020/05/19 - 9:20am