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Dear U.S. Reparations Movement: Australia Is Not a Role Model

  • June 9, 2025
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It is not enough to honestly acknowledge the harms of the past and take responsibility for them; we must confront the harms of the present, too.
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Collective Liberation Is Our Work: Diversity in the Jewish Community

  • April 7, 2025
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Many of us are living in fear that our loved ones will be targeted by racism or genderism or sexism or ableism.
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Racial Justice Is a Path to Jewish Security

  • January 11, 2025
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We call on the Jewish community to stay steadfast in racial justice transformation.
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Multiracial Jewish America: Telling Our Stories

  • January 8, 2025
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Understanding ourselves as multiracial Jewish community would far better equip us as U.S. Jews to fight antisemitism.
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Teachings From the Tabernacle: A D’var Torah on Vayakhel-Pekudei for ‘Reckoning Together’

  • June 4, 2023
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We must bring to life that world where the tzelem Elohim (image of the Divine) of every person is recognized and can shine out.
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It Has Always Been A Shared Story: Finding the Narratives of Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Equity in Judaism

  • June 4, 2023
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Our children inhabit a race-based society and receive messages about how to apply racial labels.
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Reading the Bible Scriptures While Womanist

  • May 27, 2022
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Womanist biblical interpretation privileges characters on the margins of the text, often reading against the text, and the nation and characters it valorizes.
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Whitewashing Biblical Characters

  • February 19, 2022
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Biblical characters have been whitewashed in cultural and religious arts, theology and popular imagination. Whiteness has been spackled onto biblical texts and characters.
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Juneteenth Offers Us A Day For Celebration, Reflection, And Healing

  • June 14, 2021
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Rabbi Sandra Lawson explains the significance of Juneteenth and why it is important for Jewish individuals and communities to join in its celebration.
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Being White is Not the Jewish Norm: How the Mishnah Can Help Us Deconstruct a White-normative Approach to Judaism

  • December 31, 2020
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While white Jews might take for granted that ancient Jews looked like them, the evidence is otherwise.
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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

A blank white square with no visible content.
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