Reconstructionist Judaism
Proper noun
Meaning
Reconstructionist Judaism
A movement in Judaism that emphasizes the cultural and historical heritage of the Jewish people and rejects much of Jewish theology and law as binding, instead treating it as part of the culture.
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Adherents of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism generally do not observe the second day of festivals, citation.
At the same time, adherents of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism do not accept halacha, and therefore restrictions on melacha, as binding at all.
Finally, in 1968, his closest disciple and son-in-law Ira Eisenstein founded a separate school, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), in which Kaplan's philosophy, Reconstructionist Judaism, would be promoted as a separate religious movement.
As in Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism holds that personal autonomy has precedence over Jewish law and theology.
Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism are more tolerant of interfaith marriage, and many rabbis in both communities will perform one.
In Reconstructionist Judaism The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) encourages its members to officiate at same-sex marriages, though it does not require it of them.