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Reform Movement Applauds House Passage of Voting Rights Legislation
“Today represents an important step forward in our years-long work to restore the historic Voting Rights Act and protect voting rights. We commend the House for its leadership and urge the Senate to follow suit by passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act immediately."
RAC-IL Applauds Gov. Pritzker's Decision to Welcome Refugees in Illinois
“As Reform Jews, both our values and our communal history compel us to support refugee settlement in the United States. We are heartened that Gov. Pritzker has acted to protect the refugee settlement program in Illinois and extend our thanks to the governor and his administration."
Reform Jewish Movement Denounces Decision Weakening the Affordable Care Act
“Yesterday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate moves our country one step closer to a health care disaster. Although the law remains intact while judicial review continues, this ongoing assault on the ACA is a shameful disservice to Americans in every state, sowing fear that essential health care will be taken away or become simply unaffordable."
Testimony of Rabbi David Saperstein Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on The Johnson Amendment
Testimony of
Rabbi David Saperstein
On Behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Before the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Reform Jewish Leader Strongly Condemns Executive Order on Religious Freedom Including Weakening of Johnson Amendment
For Immediate Release
May 4, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Graham Roth
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Reform Movement Leader Decries House Passage of the American Health Care Act
For Immediate Release
May 4, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Graham Roth
818.304.4551 | news@rac.org
Executive Order on Election Integrity Perpetuates Harmful False Myth of Widespread Voter Fraud
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum 202.387.2800
news@rac.org
Drastic Cuts in President Trump’s Latest Budget Undermine Caring for the Most Vulnerable
For Immediate Release
May 23, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum 202.387.2800
news@rac.org
Reform Movement Statement on the Threats Against Linda Sarsour and Her Family
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For Immediate Release
May 26, 2017
Union for Reform Judaism Welcomes Israeli Supreme Court Ruling On Reform and Conservative Conversions
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the URJ, released the following statement on the decision by Israel’s Supreme Court on conversion performed by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel.