Rabbi Amy Bernstein (‘97) featured in Tashlikh Reconstructed
“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.
Rabbi Michelle Stern (’11) honored as an outstanding young professional by Jewish Federation
The award, which was presented at the Federation’s Annual Meeting Sept. 17, recognizes Jewish professionals under 40 whose exemplary performance at a Jewish agency in the Chicago area has benefited the entire Jewish community.
‘We are all accountable’: Maryland’s Jewish community protests ICE in Howard County – Rabbi Ariana Katz (’18)
“We are all accountable for the violence that happens at our borders,” Katz said. “Showing up for others is actually an action you can do in a world that feels powerless.”
Rabbi Rachel Weiss (’09) was a keynote speaker at Evanston’s first Pride Fest.
Keynote speakers included Rabbi Rachel Weiss of Evanston’s Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation. Weiss was raised in Evanston and said she is the town’s first lesbian rabbi. “I came back after college and my wife and I got married here in Evanston at the synagogue where I am now rabbi,” Weiss said.
A nesting chain of dependencies – Rabbi Leiah Moser (‘17)
“I was very interested in Kaplan’s approach to Judaism as an evolving religious civilization, and the idea that it is a manifestation of Jews and what we believe and how we believe, not the other way around. It is not that we are Torah, and therefore we are Jews. It is more that we are Jews, and therefore there is Torah.”
Out rabbi to begin tenure at local synagogue – Rabbi Alanna Sklover (‘13)
A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College with a specialization in the congregational rabbinate, Sklover said she identifies with the strong sense of community and inclusion that the Or Hadash congregation cultivates.
Tai chi with tefillin: Inside New York’s quirkiest yeshiva
“Parts of it feels radically different,” said Lily Solochek, a rabbinical student who began studying at the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary and is now a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
Meet the young Jews chanting ‘Never again!’ and blocking streets to shut down Trump’s camps
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Never Again Action’s July 2019 demonstrations against refugee detainment camps, featuring rabbinical student Lizzie Horn.
Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner (’16) Featured in Moving Video from Avodah Service Corps
This video recounts a pre-rabbinical school experience of Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner, who graduated in 2016.
Rabbi Ariana Katz (’18) Weaves Her Mark Into Jewish Podcasting with “Thread”
The first thing you should know about Rabbi Ariana Katz is that she’s a total badass. She’s a founding rabbi of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebel, a radical Jewish collective (check out their website). She’s worked at T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and even as a chaplain at Planned Parenthood.
