Reform Movement Welcomes House Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism
Reform Jewish Movement Welcomes New House Resolution on Anti-Semitism, Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Bigotry
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to New Zealand Mosque Shooting
Reform Movement Appaulds Implementation of Mental Health Parity Laws
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Broad Communal Collaboration to Foster Synagogues Inclusive of All Abilities
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Reform Jewish Leader Speaks in Support of EPA's Carbon Standards
Barbara Weinstein: "Climate change is one of the greatest social justice challenges of our time and establishing these standards mark a progressive step towards developing comprehensive climate and energy policy in the United States."
Reform Movement Appauls Senate Passage of Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Rabbi David Saperstein: "We commend the Senate on passage of this landmark legislation, and we strongly urge Speaker John Boehner to bring ENDA swiftly to a vote in the House of Representatives. ENDA is a matter of civil rights."
Reform Movement Commends Senate on Procedural Vote Moving Employment Non-Discrimination Bill Forward
"Today, the Senate took a giant step toward the passage of this bill which will be an extraordinary achievement in our nation's efforts to end discrimination.
Reform Jewish Movement Welcomes New House Resolution on Anti-Semitism, Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Bigotry
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the wider Reform Movement institutions:
“We welcome today’s House resolution condemning anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bigotry and other forms of hate. Importantly, the resolution makes clear that these hatreds, though centuries old, feed on and legitimize each other, inflamed in our time by forces on the left and right. There is no place for these, or any form of hate in our society, no matter the source.
Statement of Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs in Response to the Attacks on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand
Following the attacks on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs issued the following statement: Yet again the world is shaken by extremist violence against innocent people at prayer, targeted in deadly acts of hatred. Too often we have been sickened that sacred places of worship have become sites of slaughter. A few months ago the massacre happened in a synagogue on a Saturday in Pittsburgh, this time in mosques on a Friday in New Zealand.