Women of Reform Judaism

Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, told attendees at the RAC’s Consultation on Conscience Sunday night that not only does she love her work, but she feels it is a huge privilege to work on so many significant world issues while representing the United [...]

It’s WRJ’s Centennial year and some days I wake up and I’m not sure what city I am in! Today though, I am very clearly in Washington, D.C. attending the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)’s flagship conference, Consultation on Conscience. We began last night with an exciting keynote speaker in our historic and [...]

Editors’ Note: This speech was given at the 5th Annual WRJ-Israel National Meeting at Beit Daniel in Tel Aviv on Friday, March 8th and is centered around Kehillat Emet VeShalom, Nahariya and Temple Emanu-El of Tuscon, AZ’s participation in the WRJ-Israel Twinning Program. Two years ago, Kehillat Emet VeShalom, Nahariya and Temple Emanu-El, Tuscon, AZ’s [...]

By Carolyn Kunin Social justice advocacy has formed an integral component in WRJ’s organizational life since its founding as The National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (NFTS) one hundred years ago in 1913. (NFTS, was renamed Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) in 1993.) WRJ involvement in social justice issues stems from who we are — Reform Jewish [...]

I have recently returned from the WRJ Pacific District convention in Portland, OR. It was rejuvenating to be among women who strive to repair the world in so many compassionate ways. So much of what we do when we come together is to focus or reignite our commitments towards social justice as we recently did [...]

Where else but at a WRJ Assembly would you hear Waco-born, Baptist-bred Cecile Richards talk about the importance of ‘tikkun olam‘ and being ‘verklempt’ upon her first visit to Israel with Jewish women? Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards, reminded participants at the WRJ Assembly [...]