Rabbi Mónica Gomery

Rabbi Mónica Gomery serves as rabbi and music director on the clergy team of Kol Tzedek Synagogue in West Philadelphia, a multiracial, intergenerational Reconstructionist Jewish community where people are invited to study Torah, ask unanswerable questions, engage actively with the neighborhood and care for one another. She was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2017. Since 2016, she has taught Talmud and pedagogy as a faculty member at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, and was a member of the founding leadership team of Let My People Sing! Mónica has published two collections of poetry and has served as a prison chaplain, a geriatric chaplain, and an educator and prayer leader at various Jewish organizations.

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The Reconstructionist Network

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Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

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The Reconstructionist Network

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A pure white, blank image with no distinguishable features or content.
A blank white square image.

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis