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Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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
Italian Reconstructionist Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Serrastretta, a small town in Calabria. (Screen capture: Google streetview)
June 25, 2017, 7:15 pm
Italian congregation joins Reconstructionist movement
Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud, in Serrastretta, Calabria, becomes movement’s third official congregation outside North America
By JTA
Sandra Lawson, an African-American lesbian rabbinical student, wants to spread Judaism outside the synagogue. (Courtesy of Lawson/via JTA)
June 22, 2016, 4:02 am
African-American lesbian vegan rabbinical student hopes to redefine Judaism
Whether she’s leading services in a park or dispensing blessings at her local pub, Sandra Lawson wants to take the faith outside the box — and synagogue
By Ben Sales
Illustrative photo of rabbis on stage at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's 2013 graduation ceremony (Courtesy of RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities/JTA)
April 9, 2016, 10:36 am
Reconstructionist rabbis split over intermarriage, BDS claim
New group says allowing intermarried clergy ‘muddled the definition of what it means for a rabbi to have a Jewish family’
By JTA
Illustrative photo of rabbis on stage at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's 2013 graduation ceremony (Courtesy of RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities/JTA)
April 9, 2016, 5:40 am
Reconstructionist offshoot forms over intermarried rabbis, BDS
Beit Kaplan-the Rabbinic Partnership for Jewish Peoplehood seeks to adhere to more traditional reading of progressive movement
By JTA
Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the International Exposition Center in Cleveland, Ohio, March 12, 2016. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
March 19, 2016, 3:55 am
How Jewish groups plan to protest Trump at AIPAC
The one thing all agree on: Studying Jewish texts is the right way to go while the Republican front-runner is speaking at policy conference Monday
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo of rabbis on stage at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's 2013 graduation ceremony (Courtesy of RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities/JTA)
January 11, 2016, 1:52 am
7 rabbis quit Reconstructionists over non-Jewish partner policy
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College voted in September to allow applicants to have non-Jewish partners
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
Illustrative photo of rabbis on stage at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's 2013 graduation ceremony (Courtesy of RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities/JTA)
October 1, 2015, 1:39 am
Reconstructionists to ordain rabbis with non-Jewish partners
‘We understand these passionate Jews to be part of our Jewish future,’ says president of movement’s rabbinical college
By AP
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