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Leadership Development
We want to empower you to get involved and grow your leadership skills! The RAC hosts a wide variety of programs, conferences and events focusing on social justice, direct service, or legislative and policy action. From high school students to rabbis, you can find something for everyone here!
Empowering Young Leaders
Learn about the RAC's exciting leadership training and social justice programs for teens and young adults.
Clergy & Congregations
Congregations are at the forefront of the Reform Movement's social action work, from direct service to local advocacy. With the help of our clergy and congregations, the work of the Religious Action Center has been able to grow and make a positive impact in communities around North America.
These 6 Israeli Tech Innovations are Improving Accessibility
With more than a hundred startups, Israeli entrepreneurs are among the world leaders in developing assistive technologies for people with disabilities.
5 Things to Know about Being Jewish in College
When I entered my first year of college, I assumed that Jewish life on campus could never match the Jewish life I’d led in high school.
7 Ways to Celebrate Tu BiShvat – Even in the Winter
For many of us, Tu BiShvat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates trees and the earth, falls in the middle of the coldest, snowiest part of the year. Nonetheless, here are seven ways you can celebrate the new year of the trees and planet Earth
The Power of Prayer, Ritual and Tradition: Reflections from a Caregiver
On August 1, 1998, I started a diary with the words ‘Today Harvey signed the papers which placed him in hospice…This is my hospice diary. Will I be able to keep it up? Will I be able to help him get through this experience? Can I possibly come out alive on the other end? The answer to all of that is - only God knows...So together, my darling husband of 49 years and I started a journey. A journey which would find each of us in a very different place at the end.
Prayer: Hear, O Israel (Sh'ma Yisrael)
One cannot overestimate the importance Sh’ma Yisrael has in Jewish heritage throughout the generations.
Prayer and Liturgy
In Judaism, there are both public and private aspects of prayer. Jewish prayer is both set and spontaneous. The Talmud defines prayer as the service of the heart ( Ta’anit 2a), thus suggesting that prayer should express the deepest feelings and longings of the soul.