Why I Went
On Monday, May 14th, I was arrested for participating in direct action with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
We Are Still In
On December 12, 2015, the world came together to adopt the Paris Accord. The global community declared its intention to limit the warming of our planet to well below two degrees centigrade and pursue efforts to remain at or below one and a half degrees of warming.
Why I Joined The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
On a hot summer August day in 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out of his car and was greeted by a mob of 700 angry white protesters in Marquette Park on Chicago’s southwest side.
Poverty, Violence, and the Torah
This past weekend, we observed Memorial Day, when we honor and remember generations of Americans who went to war and gave their lives for freedom, for democracy, for the noblest principles of this nation. This weekend, we also learned two things: ICE, Immigration Control and Enforcement, is
Lessons of the Soul: Learning from Television and Movies
When fictional characters are affected by mind- or body-altering experiences, what can we learn from them about our own souls?
Listening in When an Author Talks with His Neighbor
In a best-selling new book, Yossi Klein Halevi explores the challenges of self-transformation and the quest for peace. Learn more in his interview with ReformJudaism.org.
Helping Each Other Become the People We Are Meant to Be
The only connection to Judaism I maintained in high school was through sporadic summers at camp. I returned there as a counselor before college, after my mom came out.
Remembering the Victims of Pogroms: Who Will Light a Candle?
A century ago, more than 200,000 Jews and others were killed in pogroms in the Pale of Settlement. Learn what’s being done to remember these horrific acts and those lost.
Taking Stock of Reform Jewish Education
Reform Jewish education has changed radically since 1955, when the National Association of Temple Educators (now the ARJE) was founded.