Editing Reconstructionist Judaism (section)

==Organizations==
{{Progressive Judaism}}
Over 100 synagogues and ''[[havurot]]'', mostly in the United States and Canada, were affiliated with the [[Jewish Reconstructionist Federation]]. As of June 3, 2012, the Reconstructionist movement has been restructured. A joint institution consisting of the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical College]] (RRC) and the congregational organization is now the primary organization of the movement.<ref>[http://www.rrc.edu/node/1193 "Movement Restructuring FAQs"], Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, June 4, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/25852/Do_the_Jewish_Streams_Have_a_Future/ |title=Do the Jewish Streams Have a Future?|date=May 9, 2012|publisher=[[The Jewish Exponent]]| access-date=2012-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514172921/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/25852/Do_the_Jewish_Streams_Have_a_Future/ |archive-date=2012-05-14 }}</ref> 

The movement's new designation was first "Jewish Reconstructionist Communities," and in 2018 became [https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/ Reconstructing Judaism].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jta.org/2018/01/30/news-opinion/united-states/reconstructionist-rabbinical-school-changes-name-to-reconstructing-judaism |title= Reconstructionist Rabbinical School Changes Name to Reconstructing Judaism|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=2018-01-30}}</ref> Rabbi [[Deborah Waxman]] was inaugurated as the president of the RRC and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities on October 26, 2014.<ref name="jewishexponent.com">{{cite web|url= http://jewishexponent.com/community/2014/10/waxman-inaugurated-as-head-of-reconstructionist-rabbinical-college |title=Waxman Inaugurated as Head of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College |work=Jewish Exponent}}</ref> As the president of the RRC, she is believed to be the first woman and first lesbian to lead a Jewish congregational union, and the first lesbian to lead a Jewish seminary; the RRC is both a congregational union and a seminary.<ref name=first>{{cite web |url= http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national-news/reconstructionists-pick-first-woman-lesbian-denominational-leader |title=Reconstructionists Pick First Woman, Lesbian As Denominational Leader - The Jewish Week |work=The Jewish Week |access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title =RRC Announces New President Elect | location =Wyncote, PA (USA) | publisher = Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | date =2013-10-09 | url =http://www.rrc.edu/sites/default/files/ORPHAN_PDFs/RRC_WaxmanPresidentElect-ForPress3.pdf?hero=1615 | access-date = 2013-10-16}}
</ref> Waxman is a 1999 graduate of RRC.<ref name=first/><ref>[http://forward.com/articles/185252/trailblazing-reconstructionist-deborah-waxman-reli/?p=all "Trailblazing Reconstructionist Deborah Waxman Relishes Challenges of Judaism"]. Forward.com. Retrieved 2013-10-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishexponent.com/change-of-top-leadership-at-recon-movement "Change of Top Leadership at Recon Movement"] Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2013-10-30.</ref>

The RRC educates rabbis. The [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association]] is the professional organization of Reconstructionist rabbis. The Jewish Reconstructionist youth organization is named [[No'ar Hadash]]. Camp Havaya (formerly Camp JRF) in [[South Sterling, Pennsylvania]], is the Reconstructionist movement's summer sleep away camp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://camphavaya.org/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Camp Havaya|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>

In April 2016, a new Reconstructionist rabbinical organization was formed: Beit Kaplan: The Rabbinic Partnership for Jewish Peoplehood.<ref>[https://www.beitkaplan.org/ Beit Kaplan website]</ref> Originally, Beit Kaplan was focused upon opposing both the decision to allow Reconstructionist rabbis to have non-Jewish partners,<ref>[http://www.jta.org/2016/04/08/news-opinion/united-states/reconstructionist-offshoot-forms-over-intermarried-rabbis-bds Reconstructionist offshoot forms over intermarried rabbis, BDS] JTA, April 8, 2016</ref> and the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement within Reconstructionist circles.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/reconstructionist-offshoot-forms-over-intermarried-rabbis-bds/ Reconstructionist offshoot forms over intermarried rabbis, BDS] The Times of Israel, April 9, 2016</ref> Following the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]], Beit Kaplan's membership increased to 72 rabbis and rabbinical students in six countries. Presently, Beit Kaplan focuses on a "course correction" to reestablish the Reconstructionist movement's support for Israel and emphasis on the centrality of Jewish peoplehood.<ref>[https://www.beitkaplan.org/ Beit Kaplan's Mission]</ref> As of March 2025, Beit Kaplan had 80 members.

According to the 2010 US Religion Census, there were 41,436 members of Reconstructionist Judaism within 95 synagogues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Religion Census - Single-year report - all denominations - 2010 |url=https://www.usreligioncensus.org/report1.php?year=2010}}</ref>

As of 2020, the [[Pew Research Center]] estimated that Reconstructionist Judaism, along with [[Humanistic Judaism]] and other smaller denominations, constituted 4% of the United States's 7.5 million Jews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jewish Americans in 2020 |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/jewish-americans-in-2020/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |ref=Jewish Americans in 2020}}</ref>