Reform Movement Reacts to Palestinian "Unity Government"
June 5, 2014, New York, NY – In response to the formation of a Palestinian "unity government," Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi Rick Jacobs, issued the following statement:
Divestment Vote Undermines Presbyterian-Jewish Relations
Detroit, June 20, 2014 - In response to the Presbyterian Church's vote to divest from Israel at their General Assembly meeting, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
Reform Jewish Movement Mourns the Deaths of Three Murdered Israeli Teens
JERUSALEM, Israel, June 30, 2014: In response to the news that the bodies of three missing Israeli teens, Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach, have been found, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
Reform Leader: Hamas to Blame for Deadly Escalation of Violence in Gaza
Strong Evidence of the Impact of Reform Movement Youth Programs on Lifelong Jewish Identity
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Asks Prime Minister Netanyahu About Israel's Entry Ban And Reform Judaism's North American Trips
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), sent the following letter today to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
ReformJudaism.org Launches New Podcast "Stories We Tell"
ReformJudaism.org, the flagship website of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), reaching more than two million visitors annually, has launched a new weekly podcast titled Stories We Tell.
Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards
Barbara Weinstein: "These new federal standards, which target a key source of carbon pollution, mark an historic step in our commitment to protecting public health and curbing climate change."
Reform Movement Decries Supreme Court Ruling in Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood
Rabbis Jacobs, Fox, Feldman and Saperstein: "We urgently call now on the Administration to ensure that all women without contraceptive coverage because of religious objections of their employers - including groups totally exempt under the ACA such as houses of worship - be
Buffer Zones Ruling Tips Scales Against Rights of Women
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