Fellowship Gives 100+ Jewish College Students Invaluable Leadership Skills
April 4, 2013, Philadelphia, PA -- Today more than 100 college freshman and sophomores who work at five Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) overnight camps are gathering in the City of Brotherly Love for a sp
Reform Movement Applauds Jerusalem District Court's Ruling Regarding Women of the Wall
Leader of Reform Movement Urges Senators to Prevent Gun Violence
Teen Leaders Elected for North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) Board for 2013-2014 Term
April 18, 2013, New York -- The North American Federation of Temple Youth has elected new North American Board members for the 2013-2014 term, who will be formally installed on Jun
Central Conference of American Rabbis Donates Over 400 Prayerbooks to Storm-Ravaged Synagogues
NEW YORK, April 23, 2013-- The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) has donated over 400 new copies of Mishkan T'filah, the Reform Movement prayerbook, to two New York area congregations, Temple Sinai in Massapequa and West End Temple in Neponsit, both of which suffered severe st
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Israeli Ministers Must Stop Their Hate Speech
Union for Reform Judaism Establishes Presidential Fellowship on Millennial Engagement
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) is launching a new high-level fellowship to strengthen its engagement with millennials. The first Fellow will be Evan Traylor, 21, of Edmond, Oklahoma. Traylor, who will graduate from the University of Kansas in May, will work alongside URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs and leaders of the Reform Movement to develop a toolkit for engaging millennials as partners in creating a more just, whole, and compassionate world.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Ultra-Orthodox MKs Must Learn the Torah of Respect
Statement by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ):
MK Israel Eichler’s comments yesterday are yet another example of the extreme intolerance of the ultra-Orthodox religious establishment. Clearly they feel a seismic shift in their decades-old monopoly on Judaism in Israel. Their stranglehold on Judaism is being loosened, and their response is desperate and pathetic.
It is hard to imagine what twisted Torah MK Eichler studies when he characterizes the largest Movement in Jewish life as “mentally ill.” Our Torah teaches us the values of pluralism and of tolerance - and it teaches us not to use phrases like “mentally ill” as an epithet.
On Earth Day, Reform Movement calls for Progress on Climate Change
Weinstein: "For all of that has been achieved since the first Earth Day in 1970, the escalating environmental travesties of the last year -- from record setting temperatures around the globe, to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy -- are bleak reminders of how much
Reform Movement Troubled by Failure of Senate to Expand Background Checks
Laser: "The Senate's inability to pass sensible gun violence prevention legislation is both a political and a moral failure."