Justice

We witnessed the astonishing goodness of the force of ordinary human neighbors, rising up in defense of decency, pluralism and democracy.

Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.

The concept of “democracy” was essential and basic to Kaplan, even more than “civilization.”

We should not ignore what is happening in our own backyards.

The current anti-immigration crusade mirrors the rhetoric and actions of the last anti-immigration movement 100-plus years ago.

Torah admonishes us (36 times!) to love the immigrant as the Holy One does.

The Jewish Earth Alliance advocacy day is scheduled for Tu Bishvat.

It is important to reconstruct even the most problematic concepts that we have inherited rather than to try to excise them.

My understanding of chosenness develops from the perspective of those excluded from the Enlightenment’s putative universalism.

God’s invitation to be a nation of priests is an aspiration rather than a firm promise of our indispensability.

The Reconstructionist Network