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- Article: Jewish Idenity and Patrlineal Descent: Some Second Thoughts
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Article on Patrlineal Descent from the Reconstructionist, Volume 49 no 5, March 1984, p 25-28, 34.
- Article: The Matrilneal Principle in Historical Perspective
By Shaye J.D. Cohen
From the journal "Judaism", Volume 34 no 1, Winter 1985, p 5-13.
- RT Article: "What Is Reconstructionism, Anyway?"
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Short article by Rabbi Richard Hirsh which gives a brief description of Reconstructionism.
- RT Article: "What Is Reconstructionism, Anyway?" (Part 2)
By Jeanne Saletan, Patrick Schlup
To the question, "What is Reconstructionism, Anyway?" Jeanne Saletan gives an "elevator answer" and Patrick Schlup offers a poem.
- RT Article: "What is Reconstructionism, Anyway?" (Part 3)
By Scott Nielson
More "Elevator Answers" for Reconstructionists. Scott Nielson gives us a way out of "Elevators" with an anecdote.
- RT Article: A Rosh Hashanah Sermon by Mordecai M. Kaplan
By Mel Scult
From Kaplan's diaries
- RT Article: Adonai-Elohim: The Two Faces of God
By Rabbi Harold Schulweis
Confronting the reality of suffering and tragedy
- RT Article: Being a Politically Conservative Reconstructionist
By Michael Spiro
It's not an oxymoron
- RT Article: Dealing Creatively with Our Tensions
By Dr. Carl A Sheingold
This article is adapted from Carl Sheingold's State of the Movement remarks at the 2004 JRF Convention in Portland. With Mordecai Kaplan as a role model and the Jewish community and JRF the result, Sheingold argues that tension leads to growth.
- RT Article: Enlarging Religious Liberty in Israel
By Rabbi Mordechai Liebling
An "Oral Haggadah" for the second seder
- RT Article: Essences of Jewish Spirituality
A Minyan of Opinions, Part One
- RT Article: From Kaplan's Diaries: Thoughts on Passover and Posterity
By Mel Scult
Excerpts from Communings of the Spirit: The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan
- RT Article: God as Comforter
By Rabbi Jacob Staub
How can an impersonal God be the source of forgiveness?
- RT Article: How Can Reconstructionists Pray?
By Rabbi Jacob Staub
If you don't believe in a "traditional" God, why attend services? Why publish a new prayerbook?
- RT Article: How is Our Movement DIFFERENT from All Other Movements?
A Minyan of Opinions
- RT Article: Integrating Spirituality and Social Action
By Melanie L. Schneider
Surveying the Reconstructionist landscape. From the Spring 1996 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 3 Number 3.
- RT Article: JRF Israel Task Force Report, Excerpts and Full Versions
By Israel Policies Task Force
Accepted by the JRF Board at the JRF Convention
- RT Article: Judaism as a Prayer Service or a Civilization?
By Lawrence Bush
Fulfulling Kaplan's vision of the synagogue
- RT Article: Kaplan and the Future of the American Jew
By Lawrence Bush
To what extent have we fulfilled Kaplan's vision?
- RT Article: Kaplan and the Meaning of Ritual
By Chuck Konigsberg
As a young man, reading Mordecai Kaplan helped Chuck Konigsberg to reconcile his mind and his heart when it came to Jewish ritual. Konigsberg's article is an answer to those who feel that belief and observance are at odds.
- RT Article: Kaplan's Contemporary Religious Relevance
By Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith
A review of Reconstructionist philosophy and theology
- RT Article: Living a Values-Based Life
By Rabbi Mordechai Liebling
Excerpted from a sermon at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation
- RT Article: Living in Two (or More) Civilizations (Part 1)
By A Symposium
Viewpoints on a key Reconstructionist concept
- RT Article: Living in Two (or More) Civilizations (Part 2)
By A Symposium
Viewpoints on a key Reconstructionist concept
- RT Article: Mordecai Kaplan as an American Thinker
By Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith
Influences that helped shape Reconstructionism
- RT Article: Mordecai Kaplan's Diary and the Search for Meaning
By Mel Scult
More than 60 years of journal writing by the founder of Reconstructionism
- RT Article: Prayer: Why? How?
A Minyan of Opinions, Part One
- RT Article: Prayer: Why? How? (Part 2)
A Minyan of Opinions, Part Two
- RT Article: Reconstructionist Architecture
By Ron Goldwyn
Designing to reflect our values
- RT Article: Remembering Bill Mehlman, Reconstructionist Pioneer
By Donald Shapiro
A loving memorial to the accomplishments of Bill Mehlman, who was always there for the Reconstructionist Movement and its individuals.
- RT Article: Remembering Ira Eisenstein
By A Symposium
Reconstructionism's beloved builder dies at 94
- RT Article: Remembering Ira Eisenstein (continued)
By A Symposium
Reconstructionism's beloved builder dies at 94
- RT Article: Scenes from the 40th Reconstructionist Convention
By Lawrence Bush
"Learning for Life" in Portland, Oregon
- RT Article: The Divine Ownership of Wealth
By Lawrence Bush
Reconstructing a Jewish economic principle
- RT Article: The Evolving Face of Reconstructionism
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Reflections on Mordecai Kaplan's "Second Century"
- RT Article: The House We Live In
By Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Making a Covenantal Commitment
- RT Article: The Journey Back and the Journey Forward
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Rediscovering the basics of Reconstructionist ideology
- RT Article: The Legacy of Ira Eisenstein
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
On the occasion of his fifth yahrtzeit
- RT Article: The Reconstructionist at 70
By Lawrence Bush, Rabbi Richard Hirsh
A Conversation with the editor of The Reconstructionist, Rabbi Richard Hirsh which puts perspective and sheds insights on 70 years of Reconstructionist intellectual evolution.
- RT Article: The Reconstructionist: A Window on Jewish Life
By Rabbi Richard Hirsh
Surveying the magazine from 1953 to the present
- RT Article: The Value and Meaning of Denominational Judaism
By Dr. Carl A Sheingold
Reacting to the brief essays on the personal meaning of spirituality in the same issue of RT, Carl Sheingold meditates on the implication and role of denominational movements in contemporary Jewish life.
- RT Article: Thoughts on Being a Jewish Teenager
By Emily Snyder
Emily Snyder shares unique insight into teenage spiritual conflicts and why Reconstructionism is "Teen-Friendly Judaism."
- RT Article: Uneasy Lies the Crown: Kingship as a Metaphor of Prayer
A Minyan of Opinions
- RT Article: What if the Maccabees Had Lost?
By Rabbi Ira Eisenstein
Excerpted from a sermon at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation
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