Reconstructionist
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Reconstructionist
1860–65, reconstruction ( def. ) + -ist
Example Sentences
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With a full band accompanying the Reconstructionist congregation’s services, the tone was one of joy, reunion and celebration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The side I can pick is humanity, the side I can pick is life,” said Rabbi David Basior of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community, who helped draft the statement.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
While practices vary between the major branches of Judaism — Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist — many Jews spend Rosh Hashana, the “Head of the Year,’ attending prayer services.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2022
His father is the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Md., and a senior fellow at Hazon, a nonprofit organization promoting sustainable communities in the Jewish world.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2019
His own heart breaking, and life ebbing, he writes of Spring as the true Reconstructionist, and pleads her message to his stricken people.
From The Poems of Henry Timrod by Timrod, Henry
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