Rachel Forth (she/her) is the Assistant Director of Engagement Communications at Reconstructing Judaism. She oversees the social media presence, content creation, and online event streaming of Reconstructing Judaism and its subsidiaries and manages the organization-wide marketing calendar, event marketing, and email communications. In addition, Rachel was a co-author of “Turning an In-Person Fundraiser Into a Successful Online Event” on eJewish Philanthropy in response to changing in-person events to virtual ones due to COVID-19.
Before joining Reconstructing Judaism, she worked in various roles in the Conservative and Reform movements. She also volunteered to run events for Hazon Food Festivals, LimmudPhilly, and a local farmers market that dealt with combating a food desert in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Rachel is also a food blogger (Southern Jewish Kitchens), photographer, and religious school teacher who lives in South Philadelphia with her partner, Nick, and two adorable pets, Nico and Olivia.
Armin Langer, a rabbinical student in his final year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, has been selected to participate in J Street’s Seminary Student Fellowship for the 2021-22 academic year.
“We accept the responsibility for changing and for changing this world. That is what people need to stay in hope. And without hope, there is no energy for no creative new solutions,” says Rabbi Amy Bernstein (‘97) in this moving video, Tashlikh Reconstructed.
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
