Operating Principles for Reconstructionist Synagogues

Posted by Rabbi Sid Schwarz | Jan 22, 2018 | Community, Spiritual Practice

Operating Principles for Reconstructionist Synagogues

A classic article suggesting important qualities of a synagogue that define it as “Reconstructionist”

(Originally published in Reconstructionism Today, January-February 1988_

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Rabbi Sid Schwarz

Rabbi Sid Schwarz is currently a senior fellow at Hazon. He is the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Md., where he continues to teach and lead services. Rabbi Sid is the author of three groundbreaking books — Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue (Jewish Lights, 2000); Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006); and Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights, 2013). Rabbi Sid created and directs the Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI), a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders. He also created and directs the Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network, which is identifying, convening and building the capacity of emerging spiritual communities across the country.

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