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​​Beyond Vocation: Reclaiming the Language of Chosenness

To ensure a passionate and distinctive Jewish future, we should reclaim our foundational metaphor of “chosenness.”
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Standing Lovingly Against Binaries

It is problematic when my claim to uniqueness is such that I lose the ability to hold or respect yours.
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Chosen to Aspire to Do God’s Will, Not Because We Are Inherently Better

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

My understanding of chosenness develops from the perspective of those excluded from the Enlightenment’s putative universalism.
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Reconstructing the Roles of Priests and Levites: Questioning Absolute Egalitarianism

How might we reclaim some of the value of the priestly and levitical roles?
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Chosen for Priesthood: Considering Chosenness Through a Biblical Metaphor

God’s invitation to be a nation of priests is an aspiration rather than a firm promise of our indispensability.
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Choosing Not to Be Chosen

The fundamental flaw is not the arrogance of the claim, troublesome as it is, but that the claim requires that there was a Divine chooser who made a choice.
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Why It Is More Important Than Ever to Renounce the Belief That the Jews Are the Chosen People

The belief that Jews are Chosen risks promoting Jewish chauvinism and even racism.
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Kaplan, Chosenness & Us

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s arguments against chosenness still ring true.
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Our Choice Against Chosenness Is Fighting Jewish (and White) Supremacy

It is not enough for us to change a few prayers in our liturgy to live into Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s rejection of chosenness.
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The Reconstructionist Network

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