The Reconstructionist Journal was a Jewish magazine published by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.

History

In 1935, the favorable reception to Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's book Judaism as a Civilization inspired Kaplan to launch a magazine, The Reconstructionist, for the Reconstructionist movement. The magazine was established by Mordecai Kaplan, Milton Steinberg, Eugene Kohn, and Ira Eisenstein. It was renamed The Reconstructionist Journal in 1996 and ceased publication in 2007.

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In 1953, The Reconstructionist took the position that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were guilty. However, they held that execution was two harsh a punishment, mentioning that the English spies Klaus Fuchs and Allan Nunn May received sentences that were less harsh.

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1935 establishments in the United States

2007 disestablishments in the United States

Jewish magazines published in the United States

Reconstructionist Judaism in the United States

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