Reconstructionist Judaism
Fighting antisemitism and Islamophobia in one breath
By Elyse Wechterman — November 27, 2023
(RNS) — This is not a time to turn our back on interfaith and interethnic partnerships.
Why the Biden administration should spare Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers’ life
By David Saperstein — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — The government should consider the guidance of the collective wisdom of Jewish institutions.
Why Israel’s Orthodox Jewish parties want to narrow the country’s ‘Law of Return’
By Avi Shafran — January 11, 2023
(RNS) — The Orthodox parties see the law as a recipe for increased intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews.
American Jews are taking a hard look at racism in their midst
By Yonat Shimron — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — The challenge for white American Jews is to understand that they can be both targets of white supremacy and also accomplices.
What will be news for the Jews in 2019?
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 2, 2019
Anti-semitism, anti-Israel agitation, women in leadership, intermarriage.... I look into my crystal ball.
Jewish Reconstructionist movement adopts a new name
By Yonat Shimron — January 30, 2018
(RNS) — The smallest of the four main branches of American Judaism will be called Reconstructing Judaism.
Why the rabbis ‘dissed’ Trump
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 24, 2017
(RNS) — If rabbis are angry with Trump, blame the Bible.
Will JFK’s grandson become our first Jewish president?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 11, 2017
A new category: Jews-by-surprise. It says more about us than about them.
After 40 years of women rabbis, a Q&A with the first
By Lauren Markoe — December 8, 2016
(RNS) A self-described private person, Sally Priesand didn't want to be a pioneer. She just wanted to be a rabbi.
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