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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation in Pacific Palisades, California, as it appeared in May 2024. (Google Maps via JTA)
July 24, 2025, 5:23 am
US’s largest Reconstructionist synagogue quits movement for allowing anti-Israel hostility
A letter to congregants by California’s Kehillat Israel cites concerns over ordination of anti-Zionist clergy and ‘hostile’ atmosphere toward Zionism on rabbinical school campus
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The inauguration of the Congressional Caucus for the Advancement of Torah Values was attended by (left to right) Reps. Kat Cammack (R-FL); Don Bacon (R-NE); Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter; Henry Cuellar (D-TX); Dan Meuser (R-PA); and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in Washington, DC. (Sruly Saftlas/CNW Group/Dirshu via JTA)
January 27, 2022, 8:32 am
Liberal-leaning Jewish groups slam Congress’s ‘Torah Values Caucus’
Reform, progressives warn in letter to congressmen who launched forum with Orthodox rabbi that their effort is ‘misguided,’ ignores other denominations
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a map of the Jordan Valley, vowing to extend Israeli sovereignty there if reelected, during a speech in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 6, 2019, 6:20 pm
Liberal US Jewish groups ask Israeli politicians to oppose West Bank annexation
J Street, T’ruah and the New Israel Fund lobby Knesset members to rally against move, even if it receives approval from Trump
By Ben Sales
This file photo taken on August 15, 2017, shows US President Donald Trump speaking to the press at Trump Tower in New York. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
From the WebAugust 31, 2017, 2:47 pm
Rabbis shouldn’t have snubbed Trump
Instead, they should have confronted the President directly over his incendiary Charlottesville response
By Gary Rosenblatt
A sign for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. (JTA)
March 29, 2017, 8:51 pm
Reconstructionist rabbis affirm full inclusion of transgender Jews
Resolution follows similar ones passed by Reform and Conservative movements, welcoming trans and non-gender conforming people
By JTA
The Kesher Israel Synagogue in Washington, DC (AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia Commons)
October 15, 2015, 5:01 am
US Jewish movements come together in support of Israel
Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist groups put aside differences for ‘Solidarity Shabbat’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
May 6, 2015, 5:21 am
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association names new president
Rabbi Nina Mandel of Pennsylvania joins two other women in leading North American Jewish movement
By JTA
Newly ordained rabbis Ilanit Goldberg, left, and Nicholas Renner drape a tallit over Malka Packer during her ordination ceremony at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's 2014 commencement. (Courtesy of RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities/JTA)
April 27, 2015, 2:56 am
Can an intermarried rabbi truly lead a Jewish congregation?
In a bid to save its seminary, the Reconstructionist movement considers dropping ban on intermarried students
By Uriel Heilman
In this March 12, 2015 photo, Rabbi Denise Eger poses at Congregation Kol Ami, a Reform synagogue with gay and lesbian outreach programs, in West Hollywood, Calif. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nick Ut)
March 16, 2015, 6:53 pm
US Reform movement to install first openly lesbian leader
Denise Eger to be appointed president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
By Rachel Zoll
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