Pilot Congregations to Revolutionize B'nai Mitzvah
Rabbi Hails Court Ruling Striking Down Texas Voter ID Law
Rabbi Saperstein: "Barriers at the polls are a violation of a basic principle of our democracy; our country relies on the participation of its citizenry in choosing elected officials, without regard to race, gender or geographic location."
Reform Movement Horrified by Attack on Arab Teen
Rabbis Saperstein and Orkand: "The attack, which left one of the victims unconscious, requiring resuscitation, shames both the attackers and those who failed to stop it."
Shooting at Family Research Council Reflects Trend of Violence that Threatens All
Saperstein: The fact remains that this trend of violence threatens us all and violates the values of respect for others that must be paramount in American civic and political life.
Michigan Reform Jewish Clergy Urge Senator Levin to Support Anti-Bullying Bill
Michigan Reform Jewish Clergy Urge Senator Levin to Support Anti-Bullying Bill Michigan Reform Rabbis and Cantors: All of us have a positive moral responsibility to create a world in which no person is bullied to the point where the only escape they can envision is suicide.
Religious Coalition Responds to Tragedies at Sikh Temple, Mosque
Saperstein: "Group-based assaults are more than mere acts of violence. They are nothing less than attacks on those values that are the pillars of our republic and the guarantors of our freedom. They are a betrayal of the promise of America."
Missouri 'Public Prayer' Amendment Passage Concerning
Rabbi Saperstein: "Missouri is dangerously fanning the flames of a false war on religion in a time of divisive politics that must be reigned in to prevent the splintering of one nation, under God."
Reform Movement Mourns Sikh Tragedy
Saperstein: "America is the most religiously diverse nation in the history of humankind and hate crimes targeted at religious, racial or ethnic groups tear at the fabric of our nation."
Stories We Tell: How We Are Better
Wholly Jewish: Leonard: Creating Seats at the Queer Jewish Table
Hosted by Jewish performance and ritual artist Shira Kline (she/her), a.k.a. ShirLaLa, this season features interviews with LGBTQIA+ Jews from the Union for Reform Judaism's JewV'Nation Fellowship.