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Featured: Yom Ha'herut: Celebrating Our American Redemption

Rabbi Seth Goldstein proposes a new holiday to celebrate Judaism's "American redemption." A celebration for all American-Jews, such a holiday would be especially significant for the Reconstructionist movement. After all, "what is Reconstructionism but Judaism of the Jewish people, by the Jewish people and for the Jewish people?"

Featured: An Adult Bat Mitzvah Journey

Growing up in another generation did not always afford women the passage of becoming a bat mitzvah. In her article, Sandra Rubenstein recounts her journey to become a bat mitzvah at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Topics: Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Reconstructionism Today Type: RT Article

Becoming a "Kehillah Mekabelet"

Struggles over gay/lesbian inclusion

Synagogue Dues with Less Blues

Congregations seek dues policies aligned with Reconstructionist process and Jewish values.

Serving as a Rabbi in Poland

Building a vibrant community despite a traumatic past

Shavuot: The Harvest Festival of Torah

The meaning of Torah for Reconstructionist Jews

Synagogue Governance as a Sacred Trust

The conclusion of JRF's 2001 Leadership workshop series

How Can Reconstructionists Pray?

If you don't believe in a "traditional" God, why attend services? Why publish a new prayerbook?

Celebrating Thirty Years of Women as Rabbis

The personal oddyssey of the first Reconstructionist woman rabbi
Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Women Type: RT Article