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Reconstructionist

Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
Posted inCalifornia

Largest Reconstructionist synagogue is set to cut ties with denomination over Israel

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 23, 2025July 25, 2025

(JTA) — The largest synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement is moving to cut ties with its denominational body over what its leaders describe as a failure to confront hostility to […]

Rabbi Faryn Borella poses for a portrait at Or Shalom’s new space in Bernal Heights in San Francisco on July 14, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Fresh face at Or Shalom: S.F.’s only Reconstructionist synagogue welcomes new rabbi

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi will be the next head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the first Black Jew to hold the top position at a rabbinical school.
Posted inReligion

For the first time, a Black Jew will lead an American rabbinical school

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 21, 2021
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 Leon
Posted inCommunity, Religion, Jewish Life

This rabbi lives in L.A., works in S.F. — and roots for the Giants

by Rob Gloster June 12, 2017
happy Jews carry a Torah under a canopy
Posted inBay Area, News

Or Shalom, S.F.’s only Reconstructionist shul, marks 25 years

by Saul Sugarman January 24, 2017January 25, 2017
Posted inJewish Life

Berkeley rabbi hitting the road for Reconstructionists

by Dan Pine January 2, 2009January 26, 2017
Posted inJewish Life

Soul-searching journey returns rabbi to Sha’ar Zahav

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