Reconstructionist experimentation beginning with the bat mitzvah — and continuing on in so many different ways — has been profoundly impactful and transformative. That’s where the revolution happened and continues to unfold.
*This article was first published in the ZEEK issue “Reconstructionism: Denominationalism That Works?” (Fall 2010)* More than 90 percent of those who identify themselves as Jews in
Living fully and beautifully, and in a deeply interconnected fashion, is the richest possible repudiation of those who hate us.
I am a Reconstructionist rabbi and leader of the Reconstructionist movement in no small part because of Jacob Staub. Long before I met him, Jacob
Pursuing racial justice work enables white Jews to untangle the ways in which we have been aided by white privilege and structural racism so that we can undo its harm to Black people — Jewish and non-Jewish — and to ourselves.
Faith in a God who is not personal and does not intervene supernaturally animates our sense of the beauty and sanctity of the world. It also enables us to maintain faith and equanimity in the face of tragedy.
A personal message from Rabbi Deborah Waxman.
Reflections on the Pew Study, its implications for the Jewish world and the unique contributions the Reconstructionist movement can bring.
A text sheet and study guide created by Rabbi Deborah Waxman on Rabbi Alex Weissman’s piece, “Halleluyah.”
A new interpretation of the story of Lot’s wife: that bearing witness provokes her transformation into the pillar of salt. The question remains: How can we act with compassion and bear witness without becoming paralyzed or fixed?
