Reform Movement Mobilizes in Support of Immigration Legislation
Rabbi Limmer: "On Wednesday's Advocacy Day, I saw firsthand the impact that mobilizing in support of social justice can have both on the world and on the Rabbinate."
Over 500 Rabbis and Cantors Urge the Boy Scouts of America to Change Their Discriminatory Policy
Reform Movement Decries Vandalism Aimed At Women of the Wall
Rabbi Saperstein and Rabbi Feldman: "The overt threats implied by the vandalism inside the hallway of the apartment building of a leader of Women of the Wall serve to remind us of the utmost importance of the Women of the Wall's efforts to advance religious plural
Reform Movement Welcomes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act's Reintroduction
Ms. Laser, "This bill will help ensure that people are judged in the workplace based on the quality of their work, and not based on who they love. Its passage would be a crucial step in the journey toward full equality for LGBT people in America."
Jewish College Students from Across North America Converge in Gainesville, FL
October 17, 2006 - NEW YORK - This is not your typical college get-away in Florida. With Reform Jewish campus representatives flying in from across North America, the KESHER Convention promises to be a weekend of education, advocacy and spirituality in Sunshine State.
Reform Jewish Leader Hails New Jersey Supreme Court Case Requiring Equal Rights for Same Sex Couples
Washington, DC, October 25, 2006- In response to today's ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court requiring swift action by the legislature to ensure equal rights for gay and lesbian couples, Rabbi Randi Musnitsky, Regional Director of the Union for Reform Judaism's New Jersey/West Hudson Valley
The Reform Movement Announces New Online Torah Commentary
NEW YORK - October 27, 2006 - Reform Voices of Torah, a new weekly Torah commentary from the Union for Reform Judaism, will regularly feature the writing of four leading rabbis and will also draw on the Reform Movement's diverse population of scholars, rabbis, cantors and educators for additio
Argentinean Youth Able to Attend Camp for the First Time,
Thanks to Reform Jewish College Students
Oct. 9, 2006 -- When a group of Reform college students, many of them products of Jewish camps, were in Buenos Aires this spring, they learned that many Argentinean children never had a chance to experience the joys and wonder of summer camping.
David Berkman Chosen as Camp Kalsman’s First Director
October 18, 2006 - SEATTLE, WA - David Berkman, currently the associate director of the Union for Reform Judaism camping system, will be the first director of Camp Kalsman, the newest Reform camp that will open in the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2007.