URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responds To Nomination Of David Friedman To Be U.S. Ambassador To Israel
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Asks President-Elect Trump About Comments By David Friedman
URJ Commends Prime Minister Netanyahu For Commitment To Aleppo's Wounded Civilians
In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Israel will find ways to assist wounded civilians from Aleppo, Syria, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs issued the following statement: In these darkest days of the year, we applaud and are heartened by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bold decision to help alleviate the devastating scale of human suffering by, according to news reports, seeking ways to expand Israel’s medical assistance to the civilian casualties of the Syrian tragedy, specifically in Aleppo.
Statement of URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs On Proposed U.N. Resolution On Israeli Settlements
The Union for Reform Judaism, representing the largest segment of American Jewry, has a long-standing policy of opposition to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. At the same time, we stand firmly against any U.N. resolution that would dictate the way forward on this complicated issue. The United Nations has a long and troubling record of hostility to Israel, and it has proved itself incapable of playing a constructive role.
Letter to Congress Urges Ban on High Capacity Ammunition Clips
Rabbi Saperstein: "The dehumanizing of the human being and the carelessness with which human life is taken by guns stand in direct violation of the affirmations of our tradition."
On 41th Earth Day, Reform Movement Demands Climate Action for Our Future
Rabbi Saperstein: "This year we mark Earth Day in the midst of Passover, as we celebrate the renewal of spring and mark our redemption from enslavement by the pharaohs of old, we seek renewal of our earth, liberation from the oil addition that enslaves us, and freedom from e
Senate Stands Up for Women's Health
Rabbi Saperstein: "We call on the House to stop its relentless attacks on reproductive choice and women's health, beginning with an end to the campaign to de-fund Planned Parenthood."
Deficit Reduction Plans Prove Inadequate
Rabbi Saperstein: "Eschewing, rightly, the House leadership's preference to seek savings by shifting costs and risk to individuals, [President Obama] offered insufficient alternatives."
Paycheck Fairness Act Long Overdue for Passage
Pelavin: "Pay equity is a moral issue, one in which our religious beliefs in the fundamental equality between men and women and the dignity of work and fair compensation guide and strengthen our voices."