IRAC & Attorney General Take On Haredi Jerusalem
One of the first Hebrew words immigrants to Israel learn is savlanut - patience. They'll need it; it's a word they won't easily forget. But it will take them some time longer to understand its root, sevel, as the source of all Hebrew words for suffering.
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Rabbi Yoffie on Women of the Wall
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, had an op-ed published last week in the San Francisco Bay Area's J Weekly, titled "At the Wall, which side is the right one?: The Kotel belongs to the entire Jewish people." In it, he addresses the
For Haiti: NFTY-MV's Campaign on the Plane
Sarah Korn and Ana Dodson of the North American Federation of Temple Youth's Missouri Valley Region (NFTY-MV) tell their story of raising more than $300 on a plane on the way to a NFTY event. This post originally appeared on NFTY's Haiti relief site.
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What Does Massachusetts Mean for Health Care?
This week's special election in Massachusetts - to fill the seat formerly occupied by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy - has shaken things up in the Senate.
Money Makes Elections Go Round
Yesterday, in one of the most far-reaching and activist Supreme Court decisions in years, five Justices unraveled campaign finance law, giving corporations and unions more power to influence elections. The antagonistically divisive 5-4 decision in Citizens
Focus on the Court: 37 Years of Roe v. Wade
Today marks the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.
Raise Your Voice For Women of the Wall!
It has been so exciting to be in touch with many Reform Jews, through email, phone, or our recent webinars concerning the Women of the Wall, a monthly progressive prayer group that has recently met challenges to their desire to pray openly at the Western Wall
Can Crisis in the Caribbean Cause Change?
While the recent crisis in Haiti has spurred many Americans to action - through donations, public service, humanitarian aid, etc. - it has also precipitated a reckoning with current domestic policy, particularly immigration.
The URJ's Response to Devastation in Haiti
Some estimates of the death toll from the 7.0 earthquake that rattled Haiti last week have risen to 200,000, as American troops began air drops of food and water and the United Nations pledged an additional 2,000 peacekeepers "to protect Haiti's aid convoys
A Vision of Food Justice
What did you do to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this year? I spent the weekend with Reform congregation KAM Isaiah-Israel in Hyde Park, Chicago, learning about food.
