"Reconstructionist Judaism (Hebrew: \u05D9\u05D4\u05D3\u05D5\u05EA \u05DE\u05EA\u05D7\u05D3\u05E9\u05EA\u200E), also known as the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of Mordecai Kaplan (1881\u20131983). The movement views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. It originated as a branch of Conservative Judaism, before it splintered."@en .