Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation

JRC is a welcoming community of open-​minded people. It’s a great place to belong when you have children, and we are very happy with the religious and Hebrew education our child is receiving. The building is beautiful, and very accessible. The Torah ark in the main sanctuary is a gorgeous work of art. Our whole family is very happy there.

So many memories from JRC, from bug juice and mediocre challah in the basement and gruff Israeli Hebrew School teachers to Saturday morning minyan and Midrasha. I mostly resented my parents for making me go to Sunday School and then Hebrew School for so many years, but I guess I’d rather have grown up a JRC member than the children of Lubovitchers or something.
Now all grown up, I haven’t been to any synagogue in years. I’m an atheist, flagrantly anti-​religious, and I’m gay. But I love corned beef sandwiches and chicken livers, and I’m a pretty big leftist, so I guess my parents got what was coming to them. And, although I haven’t been inside, the new building (the only Platinum LEED Certified house of worship in the US, if I’m not mistaken) looks pretty cool.