Reconstructionist leader steps down after 13 years leading movement through interfaith, Israel tensions - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Reconstructionist leader to step down riven by tension over anti-Zionism

Rabbi Deborah Waxman said this week that she will retire in next summer, opening the top job at a movement that has been rocked by tension over a growing strain of anti-Zionism.

Reconstructionist leader to step down as head of movement riven by tension over anti-Zionism

(JTA) — Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who leads the seminary and congregational union of Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement, said this week that she will retire in the summer of 2026, opening the top job at a movement that has been rocked by tension over a growing strain of anti-Zionism among its recent rabbinical school students and graduates. Since taking over as CEO of Reconstructing Judaism in 2014, Waxman has steered the main bodies of American J…

Reconstructionist leader steps down after 13 years leading movement through interfaith, Israel tensions - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who leads the seminary and congregational union of Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement, said this week that she will retire in the summer of 2026, opening the top job at a movement that has been rocked by tension over a growing strain of anti-Zionism among its recent rabbinical school students and graduates. Since taking over as CEO of Reconstructing Judaism in 2014, Waxman has steered the main bodies of American Judaism’s…

Reconstructionist leader steps down after 13 years leading movement through interfaith, Israel tensions – The American Israelite Newspaper

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Courtesy Reconstructing JudaismRabbi Deborah Waxman, shown here speaking at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation in 2024, said she is stepping down as head of the Reconstuctionist movement in order to make way for “the next generation of leaders” (JTA) — Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who leads the seminary and congregational union of Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement, said this week that she will retire i…

Rabina Deborah Waxman, CEO of Reconstructing Judaism, announced this week that she will retire in the summer of 2026 after 13 years leading the reconstructionist movement, one of the smallest movements in American Judaism. Her decision to leave office comes at a time of internal tensions within the movement, especially around growing criticism of Zionism among some of her recent graduates and students of the rabbinic seminary. Among her most out…

Reconstructionist Leader to Step Down Amid Tension Over Anti-Zionism

Rabbi Deborah Waxman, shown here speaking at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation in 2024, said she is stepping down as head of the Reconstuctionist movement in order to to make way for “the next generation of leaders.” (Courtesy Reconstructing Judaism) Andrew Silow-Carroll Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who leads the seminary and congregational union of Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement, said this week that she will retire in the summe…