New Grants Keep RRC ‘Boldly Relevant’
Two recent grants will help Reconstructing Judaism advance its strategic priorities of pursuing racial justice, investing in rabbinic education and strengthening Jewish communities.
The Wabash Center, which funds higher education in religion and theological studies, awarded $30,000 in new funding to Reconstructing Judaism. With this fiscal support, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College — part of Reconstructing Judaism — will partner with the Inside Out Wisdom and Action Project on integrating the project’s “Dismantling Racism From the Inside Out” curriculum with faculty members.
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RRC Course Catalogue 3.13.23
Power to Which People? American Jewish Philanthropy & Democracy
The fellowship is meant to honor of the work of two retired faculty member: Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, RRC ‘85, who started RRC’s social justice organizing program, and Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Ph.D., RRC ‘82, who pioneered the college’s approach to multifaith studies.
As part of the fellowship, Plevan also will be taking part in a March 20 panel discussion, “Democracy and Judaism: Does One Need the Other to Thrive?”, organized by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, the Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood and A More Perfect Union: Jewish Partnership for Democracy (register here.) Democracy comes up in many of Plevan’s classes at RRC, particularly a course examining democracy and Jewish sources. He said to expect fall programming in advance of the 2024 elections.
Taken together, the fellowship will explore and champion how Reconstructionism teaches that participatory democracy is vital for religious flourishing.
“For many people, religious pluralism means keeping religion outside of the public realm,” said Plevan. “That wasn’t Kaplan’s view at all. He taught that what a thriving democracy needs is having different kinds of peoples and traditions and ideas contributing to public life.”
About Reconstructionist Judaism
Deeply Rooted, Boldly Relevant Reconstructionists approach Judaism—and life—with deep consideration of the past and a passion to relate it to the present. Applying our understanding of Judaism as the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people, we draw from the rich wellsprings of Jewish tradition to face the challenges and opportunities of the current moment. […]
Meet Our President
The first woman rabbi to head a Jewish congregational union and seminary, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., became president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism in 2014. Since then, she has drawn on her training as a rabbi and historian to be the Reconstructionist movement’s leading voice in the public square. Through visiting numerous congregations (more than […]
Rabbi takes a non-traditional path to Temple Sinai Cinnaminson – Rabbi Michael Perice (’20)
He started out small, reading books and going to services more often. But no matter how much his newly excavated faith grew, he said, becoming a rabbi was still the farthest reality in his mind.
Multifaith Studies and Initiatives
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is a pioneer and leader in multifaith education and engagement. RRC was the first rabbinical seminary to require students to take courses in other spiritual traditions, and our multifaith program remains the most robust of any Jewish seminary. RRC’s multifaith offerings have included student internships in the community, interfaith text study with Jewish and Christian seminarians, and Muslim graduate students; scholarly […]
Cultivating Character
Uncovering the traits of great spiritual leaders through multifaith exploration As the sun was setting behind the tree line at a Catholic retreat center in Philadelphia, a Korean Buddhist priest and a Presbyterian minister watched from a distance while an Orthodox rabbi and a Sunni imam said their prayers side by side. Sohaib Sultan, the […]
Rabbi Pollack (’17) Featured: One Rabbi’s Bipartisan Spiritual Quest to End Corruption in Pennsylvania
Rabbi Michael Pollack’s quest to end political corruption in Pennsylvania was profiled in Tablet Magazine.
