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- Article: Educating Future Jews: Jewish Americans or American Jews?
By Sarah Rubin
A frank exploration of the purpose of religious school and how conflicting religious status and identy can be addressed within JRF congregations. Are we teaching our children to take on American culture and values from a Jewish perspective or are we teaching them to explore Jewish culture and values from an American perspective?
- Article: Educational Boundaries
By Rabbi Amy Joy Small
Rabbi Amy Small explores how children's Jewish identity (or lack thereof) affects their experience in Hebrew school and affirms the recommendation of the 1998 Boundaries and Opportunities on the Role of Non-Jews in JRF congregations that "children who receive formal instruction in another religion must not be enrolled in JRF religious schools."
- Article: Is Reconstructionist Judaism For You?
By JRF
An introduction to the philosophy, theology, values, practice and organization of the Reconstructionist Movement.
- Article: Israel And The Diaspora: A Reconstructionist Reconsideration Of Zionism
By Dr. David Teutsch
An exploration of a contemporary Reconstructionist understanding of Zionism, from the Israel at 50 issue of The Reconstructionist, Spring 1998.
- Article: Who Is A Reconstructionist Jew?
By JRF
A detailed description of the ideology, philosophy and practice of Reconstructionist Jews and their relation to the larger Jewish community, past, present and future.
- Audio Interview: GOD - Through A Reconstructionist Lens
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
In this episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement, Rabbi Richard Hirsh offers an in depth look at Reconstructionist theology, Kaplanian views of GOD and current view of how the Divine "Power that makes for Salvation" is expressed in our lives and communities.
- Audio Interview: Introduction To Reconstructionism, Part 1
By Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Part one of a two-part conversation with Rabbi Mordechai Liebling about the development, philosophy, theology and practices that have emerged from Reconstructionist Judaism. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Audio Interview: Introduction To Reconstructionism, Part 2
By Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Part two of a two-part conversation with Rabbi Mordechai Liebling about the development, philosophy, theology and practices that have emerged from Reconstructionist Judaism. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Audio Interview: Kaplan
By Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, Mel Scult, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement gives a fascinating look at the life, times and teachings of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, ideological founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. This program also looks at the early stages of the movement with one of its founders, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, and documenter Mel Scult.
- Audio Interview: Passover: The Holiday
By Rabbi Jacob Staub, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Rabbis Jacob Staub and Shawn Zevit discuss the basis for the holiday of Passover, how it developed over the centuries to become the most celebrated Jewish festival today, the major themes that the exodus and Passover convey to us from a Reconstructionist perspective. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Audio Interview: Reconstructionist Education
By Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Dr. Jeffrey Schein and Rabbi Linda Holtzman examine the key components and processes that are integral for effective education according to Reconstructionist philosophy and values. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Audio Interview: Rosh Hashana
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Join Rabbis Hirsh and Zevit in a rich and meaningful dialogue about one of the most powerful and widely celebrated times of the Jewish Year Cycle. How did the idea and timing of a Jewish New Year evolve? What are the key practices and structures that express the central ideas of this High Holy Day? What are particular Reconstructionist approaches? An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- Audio Interview: Social Action (Tikkun Olam)
By Rabbi Brian Walt, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Social justice and the sense of a mission to aid in the Godly renewal and repair of the world has always been a part of the Jewish people's response to the world around us. Rabbi Brian Walt discusses what Tikkun Olam is from a Jewish perspective and how Reconstructionist philosophy and communal life reflects these values. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.
- FAQ: Developmental Introduction to Reconstructionist Education's Frequently Asked Questions
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin, Rabbi Moti Rieber, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
Developmental Introduction to Reconstructionist Education's Frequently Asked Questions.
- FAQ: FAQ's on Reconstructionist Approaches to Jewish ideas and Practices
By JRF
Series of questions and answers giving Reconstructionist approaches to Jewish ideas and practices.
- FAQ: Reconstructionism on One Foot
By Rabbi Les Bronstein
A two page description of Reconstructionist Judaism from the perspective of three pillars of Judaism: Torah, prayer and ritual, and mitzvot (commandments).
- FAQ: Reconstructionist Education's Frequently Asked Questions
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin, Rabbi Moti Rieber, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
Detailed list of questions about Reconstructionism
- FAQ: What Are The Institutions Of The Reconstructionist Movement?
By JRF
Descriptions and contact information for the three branches of the Reconstructionist Movement: the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF), the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA).
- Listserve Thread: Teaching Hanukah: The Myth or the Miracle?
By Sara Mosenkis
Toni Bloomberg Grossman asks the edtalk listserv about how to teach young children about Hanukah, taking into account both the common story of the miracle of the oil and the fact that this is a midrash. Many educators respond with their practical and ideological thoughts about how to teach about Hanukah in a Reconstructionist fashion.
- Listserve Thread: The Role of Obligation in Judaism
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
This transcript from the edtalk listserv responds to a question raised by JRF Education Intern Sarah Rubin about how we teach about the role of obligation in Judaism in supplementary religious school, particularly in the context of bar and bat mitzvah. What obligations do we have as individuals? What obligations does the Jewish community have to us?
- Program Description: Proposal For A Reconstructionist Day School
By Shira Stutman
Shira Stutman imagined this model of a Reconstructionist high school that she named Lab Yeshiva. She proposes block scheduling, integrated secular and Judaic studies and service learning to Jewishly educate students who are not being served by traditional college-prep academies.
- Speech: What Would Kaplan Think?
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Rabbi Hirsh reviews arguments over whether Reconstructionism is about process or content. He wonders what Kaplan might think as Reconstructionism continually remakes itself even as interest in Kaplan is greater than ever. Richard Hirsh's contribution. Text and audio versions of the talk are available.
- Text Compilation: Kaplan On Zionism And Other Key Texts
By Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Brief examples from the Zionist writings of: Theodore Herzl, A.D. Gordon, David Ben-Gurion, Mordecai Kaplan, and Jack Cohen.
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