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Reform Movement Reimagines Financial Support and Relational Engagement for Congregations
March 13, 2013, Chicago, IL - At a three-day conference held this week, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) officially launched its fourth "community of practice" focused on Reimagining Financial Support for Your 21st Century Congregation.
Statement of Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responding to the Mass Shooting in El Paso, TX
"Clergy colleagues throughout El Paso will faithfully and lovingly hold up the families of the slain and wounded. So too our hearts – indeed the hearts and prayers of all people of good conscience across the nation – are with those families."
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs: “Israel’s Decision To Bar U.S. Representatives Is Wrong. Democracies Do Not Hide.”
Israel’s decision to bar U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country is wrong, full stop. Democracies do not hide; they can protect their security and well-being and also celebrate robust debate and engagement in the public square.
URJ Statement Regarding Synagogue Attack in Halle, Germany
We mourn the two lives lost, and painfully recognize that it’s only because the gunman was unable to enter the synagogue that even greater bloodshed was prevented.
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Removal of U.S. Troops at Turkish-Syrian Border
"The humanitarian crisis triggered by President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Turkish-Syrian border is senseless, painful, and must end."
Union for Reform Judaism Statement on Connecticut Synagogue Bomb Threat
New York, NY; October 25, 2019 - Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs issued the following statement in response to today’s bomb threat called in to Congregation B’nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT, a URJ member congregation.
URJ Statement On Keren Kayemeth L’Israel Land Purchases in the West Bank
As the largest Jewish Movement in North America, we remain committed to a democratic and pluralistic Israel, and two states for two peoples. Accordingly, we emphatically and continually oppose all land acquisition by the Jewish National Fund (KKL) outside the sovereign borders of the State of Israel, known as the Green Line.
Dynamic Conferences in L.A. Underscore Reform Movement's Commitment to Jewish Youth
Last month, 863 Reform Jewish teens and 135 professionals and lay leaders who work with youth came together for five days of learning, singing and praying for the 2013 Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) Convention and Youth Engagement Conference (YEC) in Los Angeles.
URJ Hurricane Relief Update - March 7, 2013
Below is a comprehensive update of the
URJ Hurricane Relief Efforts to date.
Reform Jewish Women Pray with Knesset Members at Western Wall to Advocate for Religious Pluralism in Israel
Jerusalem, Israel, March 12, 2013 - Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) leaders today joined Knesset and Women of the Wall (WOW) members to pray at the Jewish holy site, the Western Wall, to celebrat