10 Modern-Day Plagues: Are You Afflicted?
As Passover approaches, this author retells a part of the Exodus story with ten new, soul-crushing punishments brought down from heaven to chastise today’s taskmasters.
Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin on Monday, March 20
On January 31, 2017, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Putting People with Disabilities at Center of Health Care Debate
Discussions about health care are consuming Washington, D.C. as lawmakers have introduced major legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and implement a new proposal that would make drastic changes to health care coverage.
Shaping the Dream: Our Growing, Vibrant Reform Movement in Israel
We are delighted to share with you a few observations about our recent URJ North American Board mission to Israel -- a non-stop week of listening and learning in a manner that, we think, only the URJ could organize.
Three Key Criminal Justice Updates from the Three Branches of the Federal Government
Since the start of the 115th Congress and the presidential inauguration, we have seen messages coming from the White House, the legislative branch and the Supreme Court that give a mixed impression of the future of criminal justice reform.
A Letter to the Administration: No One's Ancestry Is Greater Than Anyone Else's
The advent of each new administration calls for the broad re-creation of our country every four to eight years. Such moments of re-creation offer an opportunity to learn from the biblical creation story itself.
3 Ways to Celebrate National Women's Month (Jewishly and Otherwise)
In 1987, Congress officially designated March as National Women’s History Month. How do we honor the women who have paved the way for our successes, Jewishly, in our communities?
Why - and How - Should We Embrace Audacious Hospitality?
The Reform Movement’s Audacious Hospitality work seeks to understand and support the realities of modern Jewish life. At the heart of our team’s holy work is the belief that all of us can stand stronger when we welcome and incorporate Jewish diversity into all facets of Jewish communal life.
Protecting Entitlement Programs from Threats, Cubit by Cubit
Over the past few weeks, the weekly parsha, Torah portion, has covered the building of the mishkan, the tabernacle.
Surge in Hate Crimes Must be a Call to Action
Last month, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published its annual “Year in Hate and Extremism.” While the contents of this report are never pleasant and are often very challenging, this ye