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Reform Movement Opens Fund for Alberta Flooding Victims
June 26, 2013, New York, NY -- On June 21, more than 100,000 residents of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and many more throughout the province of Alberta, were forced to flee their homes ahead of rising flood waters.
URJ Responds to Formation of New Israeli Government
Contact: Lauren Theodore at 212-650-4154
URJ Responds to Vatican Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
Contact: Lauren Theodore at 212-650-4154
URJ Camp Newman Receives $4 Million Gift from Koret Foundation Enabling Next $10 Million Phase of Construction
The Union for Reform Judaism’s Camp Newman is pleased to announce that the Koret Foundation has approved a grant of $4 million to establish the Koret Retreat and Conference Center at Camp Newman.
NBC News' Chuck Todd to Host 2016 Presidential Candidates at URJ Biennial 2015, The Largest Jewish-American Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2015
MEDIA CONTACTS
Steve Rabinowitz, Bluelight Strategies, steve@bluelightstrategies.com, 202-265-3000
Reform Jewish Movement Leadership Statement: “We must all expect more from the president of the United States”
As we begin the month of Elul, we enter a time of introspection and reflection culminating in the Jewish High Holidays. Individually and communally, we consider our actions, their impacts on others, and our responsibility to do whatever we can to improve ourselves and our community in the year to come.
Annexing the Jordan Valley: URJ Responds to PM Netanyahu's Announcement
“We are very concerned by the Prime Minister’s press conference today calling for immediate annexation of the Jordan Valley and parts of the West Bank.”
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.