Reconstructionist Judaism

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Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-born Jewish movement that views Judaism as an evolving religious civilization, emphasizing democratic community decision-making and adapting tradition to contemporary values.

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instanceOf Jewish religious movement ⓘ
denomination of Judaism ⓘ
allows interfaith families as members ⓘ
mixed-gender seating in worship ⓘ
ordination of LGBTQ clergy ⓘ
ordination of women as rabbis ⓘ
coreConcept Judaism as a civilization including religion, culture, and peoplehood ⓘ
community-based religious authority ⓘ
integration of modern scholarship with Jewish life ⓘ
ongoing reinterpretation of tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
emphasis Jewish peoplehood ⓘ
LGBTQ inclusion ⓘ
adaptation of Jewish tradition to contemporary values ⓘ
democratic decision-making in Jewish communities ⓘ
ethical living ⓘ
gender equality in religious life ⓘ
lay participation in decision-making ⓘ
religious pluralism ⓘ
foundedBy Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
hasClergyTitle cantor ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ⓘ
hasOrganization Jewish Reconstructionist Communities ⓘ
Reconstructing Judaism ⓘ
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ⓘ
influencedBy Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
liturgicalText Kol Haneshamah prayerbook series ⓘ
linked to: Siddur
notableFigure Deborah Waxman ⓘ
Ira Eisenstein ⓘ
Mordecai Kaplan ⓘ
periodOfEmergence early 20th century ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
North America ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
theologicalView Judaism as an evolving religious civilization ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
viewOnChosenPeople rejects traditional notion of Jews as the chosen people ⓘ
viewOnGod often non-supernaturalist conceptions of God ⓘ
viewOnHalakha Jewish law is a resource and starting point for communal decision ⓘ
Judaism is not halakhically binding in a traditional sense ⓘ
viewOnHalakhicProcess decisions made by informed, participatory communities ⓘ
viewOnIntermarriage generally more accepting than Orthodox and Conservative Judaism ⓘ
viewOnRevelation Torah is a human record of the Jewish people’s encounter with the divine ⓘ
linked to: Torah
viewOnTradition tradition has a vote but not a veto ⓘ
viewOnZionism generally supportive of Zionism with critical engagement ⓘ

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