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Reconstructing Judaism

Eleven graduates of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College were ordained as rabbis in a ceremony in Abingdon, Pennsylvania, May 19, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Silver)
Posted inReligion

At Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ordination, divisions over Israel share stage with 11 new rabbis

by Stephen Silver May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

ABINGTON, Pa. (JTA) – The discord tearing apart the Reconstructing Judaism movement was on full view Sunday, as the movement’s rabbinical school ordained 11 new rabbis in a ceremony rife […]

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, center, is seen during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 21, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Three Jewish streams call on Trump to fire Stephen Miller for white supremacist views

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
Posted inColumns

What’s in a name? ‘Reconstructing Judaism’ is finding out

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 6, 2018
happy Jews carry a Torah under a canopy
Posted inOpinion

Why the Reconstructionist movement is rebranding

Rabbi Deborah Waxman by Rabbi Deborah Waxman January 30, 2018January 30, 2018
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president of the newly renamed Reconstructing Judaism
Posted inNews

Reconstructionist umbrella reconstructs branding as Reconstructing Judaism

by Dan Pine January 30, 2018March 19, 2018

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