community2026

A play, written by two products of Reconstructing Judaism, calls to us to speak across generational differences.

The idea of intensive communal living was built into Reconstructionist Congregation Adat Shalom when Rabbi Sid Schwarz first founded it.

Called to serve, my gratitude anchored me in something far larger than myself.

To be part of a strong community, one must give up some autonomy.

What we think of as a need for accommodation is more like a need for community.

In our shared community spaces, we take responsibility for centering the needs and safety of the most impacted people.

It is a moment of tectonic shift in the ever-evolving expression and experience of Jewish life.

By its very nature, a covenant between individuals limits what each individual party can do.

Jewish leadership is reimagined not as a seat at the table but as avodah, a sacred offering of service.

The value of a community is how its existence serves and sanctifies within itself and beyond itself.

The Reconstructionist Network