06/22/2026
Where we go, the world follows. Rabbi David Teutsch's newest essay for Evolve traces the many Reconstructionist innovations of the last 100 years. We all know about the bat mitzvah, but there are so many others, like giving women the right to initiate a divorce, and the idea that ethics outweighs halakhah. Time and time again, what looked controversial contemporaneously went on to become widely accepted by the Jewish world. Many of these "controversial" positions feel like common sense today. Teutsch argues this pattern isn't over, and that today's controversial stances will look the same way in hindsight. What stands out to you?
Link to the full essay:
https://loom.ly/VLdohl8
