Reconstructionist Judaism

Reconstructionist Judaism is a movement within Judaism that started in the 1920s. People like Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983) believed that Judaism is like a civilization that constantly develops. The Jewish society therefore develops much like any other society. As a result, the Jewish religion needs to adapt to these changes. There are about 13 million Jews in the world, about half of them live in the United States. Of these, about three percent, or 180,000 people, see themselves as Reconstructionist.

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Archived site of the former Jewish Reconstructionist Federation JRF
New site of the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine JRM
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College RRC
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Archived 2021-04-10 at the Wayback Machine RRA
University Synagogue Orange County US

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