Inclusion – Reconstructing Judaism

Rabbi Deborah Waxman on Israel, Kaplan & Diaspora Jews

June 1, 2023

There’s much food for thought in this vital web conversation about how non-Orthodox Jews relate to Israel, featuring Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism. The program was organized by SAPIR, the influential journal of ideas for the Jewish future which recently launched an in-house institute to bring ideas to fruition. Waxman was in conversation with Channan Weissman director of the New SAPIR Institute, a former State Department official and White House liaison to the Jewish community.

Rabbi Sandra Lawson playing guitar and singing at Juneteenth Shabbat wearing a rainbow colored tallit.

Rabbi Sandra Lawson Named to Prestigious Fellowship Focusing on Leadership Development

June 28, 2022

Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Reconstructing Judaism’s inaugural director of racial diversity, equity and inclusion, has been selected to the Schusterman Fellowship. That’s a prestigious, 18-month program run by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. According to its website, the Schusterman Fellowship “is a holistic leadership development program for exceptional Jewish leaders

Reconstructionist Set to Gather, In-person and Virtually to Highlight the Present and Imagine the Future

March 4, 2022

Reconstructionists gather for a movement convention, B’Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together.

Ritualwell’s ADVOT Creates Poetic Community

October 28, 2021

Before Ritualwell was a website containing more than 2,200 liturgy and rituals crowdsourced by Jews, it was an idea of where to put dozens of scraps of paper in the drawers of offices in the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Kolot: Center for Jewish Women’s and Gender Studies in Wyncote.

Creating Radically Welcoming Communities

July 19, 2021

In this workshop, Rabbi Lawson addresses the question, “What do our Jewish texts and values say about welcoming others into our communities?”

America’s First Bat Mitzvah and its Legacy for American Jewish Life

May 27, 2021

The first American bat mitzvah took place nearly a century ago, but its effects reverberate to this day. This podcast episode explores how the bat mitzvah helped pave the way for greater inclusion of women in public Jewish ritual and practice and laid the groundwork for further steps toward inclusion.

Reconstructing Judaism Funds Innovative Approach to Serving Unaffiliated in Atlanta

September 25, 2020

Reconstructing Judaism explores and funds innovative ideas for connecting with and serving unengaged and under-engaged populations — in new ways and spaces. Congregation Bet Haverim created “Your Jewish Bridge” in Atlanta, and its founder shares lessons learned after the first year and a half of the project.

When Women Have a Seat and a Voice at the Table

August 11, 2020

Now that Joe Biden has telegraphed his pick for vice president, Kamala Harris, let’s give credit to the woman who stepped out first: Victoria Claflin Woodhull. In 1872, before women had the right to vote, Woodhull ran for president against Ulysses S. Grant. Since then, according to Rutgers University, at least 31 women have made serious bids to be president or vice president of the United States. Six of those women ran twice. You know how many have won. Now, at this historic moment, I’m thinking a lot about women and power.

Online Exhibit on Women Rabbis Expands

January 28, 2020

The Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) this month expanded its online exhibit “Women Rabbis,” which highlights nearly a dozen Reconstructionist clergy as well as the history of the movement.

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Rabbi Deborah Waxman on Israel, Kaplan & Diaspora Jews

Rabbi Sandra Lawson Named to Prestigious Fellowship Focusing on Leadership Development

Reconstructionist Set to Gather, In-person and Virtually to Highlight the Present and Imagine the Future

Ritualwell’s ADVOT Creates Poetic Community

Creating Radically Welcoming Communities

America’s First Bat Mitzvah and its Legacy for American Jewish Life

Reconstructing Judaism Funds Innovative Approach to Serving Unaffiliated in Atlanta

When Women Have a Seat and a Voice at the Table

Online Exhibit on Women Rabbis Expands

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