Things are Heating up around North Carolina's Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
On March 23, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed what has since been labelled “one of the most anti-LGBT bills in the nation” into law.
Demand Equality at Israel's Holiest Site
Last January, Israel's government resolved to include all forms of Jewish worship at the Kotel, Recently, however, it has successfully avoided implementing its own resolution.
Access to God
The concept of inclusion is currently a fundamental tenet of many organizations: private, public, not-for-profit and religious.
Announcing the Launch of the JewV'Nation Fellowship!
The JewV’Nation Fellowship represents the belief that a healthy Jewish people is possible only when individual Jews and their loved ones are included.
When the Synagogue Doesn't Feel Like Home
I'm uncomfortable entering unfamiliar synagogues - solely because I am mixed race, and people assume that I am not Jewish.
Reform Congregations: Vibrant and Strong All Over the World
Wherever you go there's always someone Jewish
You're never alone when you say you're a Jew
So when you're not home
And you're somewhere kind of “newish"
The odds are – don't look far--
'Cause they're Jewish, too.
How We Can Include Everyone in the Days of Awe
As congregational leaders, our task is not to get people nominally in the doors of our sanctuary but to help them through the gates of repentance.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs Pays His Respects to President Shimon Peres
May President Peres's memory continue to be for a blessing for the State of Israel, for the entire Jewish people, and, indeed, for the whole world.
Where is the Conscience of the World?
As I prepare to welcome in the Jewish New Year on Sunday night, I am plagued by the plight of the Syrian people. I am deeply concerned by the silence of the world.
Reflections from the 71st United Nations General Assembly
September has been a busy month for me as one of the URJ’s representatives to the United Nations as part of the Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGO), program.