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reconstructionist
Reconstructionists consider dropping ban on intermarried rabbis
The Reconstructionist movement is on the cusp of making a historic decision about whether to drop its longstanding ban against intermarried rabbinical school students.
A response to Gerald Steinberg on the Prawer-Begin plan
In his recent column for the Jewish Journal, Gerald Steinberg of NGO monitor once again seeks to defame lovers of Israel who dare to believe that the Jewish state can and should live up to the moral values of our tradition.
Rabbis to Boy Scouts: Lift ban on gay members
More than 500 rabbis and cantors urged the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on homosexual members when the youth group’s National Council convenes in Dallas this week.
Rabbi David Hartman’s learned students remember their rebbe
The Jewish community reflects on the life of late Rabbi David Hartman.
Jack Lew meets with Reform, Reconstructionist leaders
President Obama\’s chief of staff, Jack Lew, met with leaders of the Reform and Reconstructionist movements.
Reconstructionist bodies set to merge
The two organizational arms of the Reconstructionist movement are set to merge. Following a year-and-a-half of negotiations, the boards of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation have voted to form one body that will be responsible for Reconstructionist Judaism in North America.
Madoff’s Redemption
It\’s like a quadruple shot of cheap vodka that you drink quickly on an empty stomach. You feel disgusted and drunk at the same time.
Rabbis on anti-gay marriage Prop 8: Yes, no, maybe
Same-sex marriage is likely to remain a hot-button issue in the presidential race, with Prop. 8 backers looking to Sen. John McCain for ideological support, and opponents to Sen. Barack Obama.
Liturgy reminds us what we can do to avert evil
So here we are seven years later, about to enter the Jewish year 5769. The deaths of Sept. 11 have been compounded by more deaths in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In many ways our world is more violent and certainly more fearful than it had been. Evidence of evil abounds.