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Reconstructionist Judaism accepts Zionists and anti ...


Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism ...

Reconstructionist rabbis comprise a large portion of the Rabbinical Council of Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Zionist group. For a decade, one ...

Reconstructionist Judaism and Zionism - Wikipedia

Unlike Orthodox and Reform Judaism, the Reconstructionist movement has never historically had a significant anti-Zionist faction. According to Reconstructionist ...

Reconstructionism Without Zionism - Evolve

If concerns about Zionism could be examined anywhere in the organized Jewish community, Reconstructionist Judaism — with its history of taking courageous ...

"I run the Reconstructionist movement. We believe in Israel's right to ...

The stance of the Reconstructionist movement from the time of its founder, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, to this day is that Israel has a right to ...

Reconstructionist Judaism accepts Zionists and anti ... - The Forward

A rabbinical school that includes people with a wide range of views, personal experiences and perspectives on Israel, Palestine and Zionism.

Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism ...

Rabbis from the liberal Jewish movement have taken leading roles in anti-Zionist activism.

These three anti-Zionists were just ordained as rabbis

(RNS) — The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College still defines itself as Zionist and is committed to Israel's existence and its right to ...

A History of Reconstructionist Zionism - Reconstructing Judaism

In Reconstructionist thought, the urgent need for a Jewish state and the danger to Jewish lives did not justify a suspension of social justice. Quite the ...

The Odd Couple: Reform Judaism and Zionism

The Reform community is deeply grounded in the principle of pluralism. Reform Jews do not march in lockstep on every issue – religious, political, or otherwise.

Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation

We welcome those who consider themselves Zionists, non-Zionists, and anti ... Wednesday, January 12 - Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, “Reconstructionism Without Zionism” ...

Who is a Reconstructionist Jew? - Jewish Virtual Library

Each generation of Jews has subtly reshaped the faith and traditions of the Jewish people. Reconstructionist Jews seek to nurture this evolution. We see it as ...

Converts to Zionism in the American Reform Movement

again" Zionists) mediated between Reform Judaism and Zionism, with the ... as many declared Zionists, among our Reform Rabbis, as outspoken Anti-. Zionists ...

Anti-Zionism Among Jews - Jewish Virtual Library

A minority of Reform Jews, including several influential ones, were early advocates of Zionism. Gradually, they became the majority, and in ...

The Mistaken Equivalency of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism

A dilemma for Diaspora Jews: Identify as Jews and reconcile that identification with a Jewish State that often is perceived as the incarnate ...

At Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ordination, divisions over ...

At least two of the new rabbis are avowedly anti-Zionist, a relatively common orientation in their movement.

Reconstructionist Judaism - Wikipedia

Thus, Reconstructionist Jews take Jewish law seriously as a source and resource that can shape expectations while not necessarily seeing themselves as bound by ...

What Is Reform Zionism?

Reform Zionism accepts and supports the foundational aim of Zionism: the establishment of a Jewish State in Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people.

Why I Was A Zionist And Why I Now Am Not

Finally I came to the conclusion that the Zionists were using Jewish need to exploit their political goals. Every sacred feeling of the Jew, ...

Reform Judaism vs Zionism - Unpacked for Educators

Reform Judaism aimed to emphasize more universal Jewish values rather than rituals in an attempt to better integrate with non-Jews.

Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Reconstructionist Judaism

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College was the first Jewish seminary to accept openly LGBTQ+ students, and the Reconstructionist Movement is committed to ...