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The following post is the text of a speech that was presented on Monday to the office of Congressman David Dreier (R-CA) by Andrew Borer and Mark Gilbert. Both are members of Temple Beth Israel in Pomona, Calif., who attended the RAC's Bernard and Audre

Rabbi Eric Yoffie is the President of the Union for Reform Judaism. This piece originally appeared in Reform Judaism magazine.

When the history of Reform Judaism is written a century from now, its authors will ask many questions: Did Reform Jews study Torah,

The following post is the text of a speech that was presented on Monday to Sen. Dianne Feinstein by Madison Tully and Haily Marzullo. Both are members of Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, Calif., who attended the RAC's Bernard and Audre Rapoport L'Taken Social

My family is not gluten-free. But we have several close friends who are. So when I posted earlier this month that I'd be starting my hamantaschen baking, one of those friends asked if I'd be making any gluten-free delicacies. Um, no. (Who does she think I am?)

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

...Even a poor person who is supported by tzedakah is obligated to contribute tzedakah to others. -Rambam (Maimonides), Mishneh Torah, Laws of gifts to the poor 7:5

Recently the

I've always been an international news-enthusiast (some may say junkie - when cleaning up my childhood room a few months ago, I found articles clipped from New York Times and Wall Street Journal that had fascinated me over the years).

In his previous books Walking the Bible and Where God was Born Bruce Feiler took the reader on journeys primarily through the ancient Middle East. America's Prophet, his most current book, leaps ahead several thousand years and thousands of miles.

The English essayist and poet Alexander Pope wrote, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast..." That adage is challenged by the four protagonists in Anita Diamant's book, Day After Night.

The following post is the text of a speech that was presented on Monday to Members of Congress by Alex Howard, Jenna Silver and Emily Hernandez. All three are members of Temple Ahavat Shalom in Northridge, California who attended the RAC's Bernard and Audre