Can a Reconstructionist Sin?
Taking responsibility for our mistakes and failures at Yom Kippur.
Type: RT Article
Reconstructionism Today
Two Reconstructionist Artists Rediscovered
Lionel S. Reiss: In the Footsteps of the Wandering Jew / Moshe Nathanson: The Reconstructionist Who Wrote "Hava Nagila"
Type: RT Article
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan as an American Thinker
Influences that helped shape Reconstructionism
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Reconstructionist History, Philosophy and Theology, Reconstructionist Judaism
Type: RT Article
The Evolving Face of Reconstructionism
Reflections on Mordecai Kaplan's "Second Century"
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Reconstructionist History, Philosophy and Theology, Reconstructionist Judaism
Type: RT Article
Closing the Apartment
Developing a ritual for the dissolution of a home.
Type: RT Article
In the Land of Green Zionism
Rabbi Michael Cohen of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies makes the case for a Reconstructionist presence at the World Zionist Organization, in order to promote environmental consciousness in Israel. Reconstructionism Today V.10 no.2, Winter 2002-2003, p.22
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Israel: Politics
Type: RT Article
Hannah's Prayer and Reconstructionist Principles
This article is adapted from a paper presented to the Women's Dialogue Group of the New York Chapter of the American Jewish Committee on May 2, 2002. Lefkovitz reinterprets the biblical text of 1 Samuel 1:1-28.
Type: RT Article
Political Activism as a Form of Prayer
Reflecting on the rituals and higher purpose of protest. From Reconstuctionist Today, Spring, 2002.
Type: RT Article
Reconstructing Halakha
Developing a movement-wide approach to Jewish law
Type: RT Article
The United States of Hanukah
In a 2002 RT article, Rabbi Steve Segar notes, "The Hanukah story contains thematic elements that create cognitive dissonance or even undermine the cultural messages that our communities are attempting to cultivate through the observance of this holiday." Many American Jews might relate to the Helenizing forces more than the Maccabean tendency to root them out. Resonant within the story for many Reconstructionists and others is the struggle to live in multiple "civilizations" simultaneously with integrity.
Topics: Jewish Life, Divrei Torah, Reconstructionism Today, Holiday Resources, Jewish Thought, Holidays, Hanukkah
Type: Dvar Torah