Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield invites Temple members, friends and interested area residents to join Rabbi Mark Newton in a discussion of Reconstructionism at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 23.
If founder Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan were alive today, it is claimed by some folk, he would not recognize the Jewish movement of today, but he’d approve of it. Ironically, others assert that he’d recognize it all right, but he would disapprove of it.
Confused yet?
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This six-syllable jaw-breaker of the name of the latest major Jewish denomination is to some a strange mystery, to others a long sought-for home. Today’s Reconstructionist can be said to have everything and nothing in common with the original founders. Once seen as radical, heretical and brazen movers and shakers, adherents to Reconstructionism evolved in the succeeding generations to have absorbed widely diverse aspects from Modern Orthodoxy, Neo-Kabbalism, the Havurah Movement, and the Jewish Spiritual Renewal Movement.
Like all Jewish communities, only more so, Reconstructionist synagogues and havurot are as unique as snowflakes.
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Come join us at Temple Emmanuel for an interactive exploration of this fascinating and uniquely “American” Jewish association. There is no charge and refreshments will be served. A chairlift is available for access to Weizmann Hall on the second floor. Temple Emmanuel is located at 120 Chestnut Street, Wakefield.
For more information: www.WakefieldTemple.org or leave a message at 781-245-1885.
