Sotloff Murder Underscores ISIS Threat, Demanding Global Response
September 2, 2014, New York, NY -- Upon hearing about the tragic murder of journalist Steven Sotloff, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs made the following statement:
Reform Leaders Commend President Obama's Commitment to Stopping the Spread of ISIS
September 12, 2014, New York, NY -- In response to President Obama's announcement of an expanded military effort against ISIS, Reform Movement leaders issued the following statement:
Reform Congregations Open Their Doors for the High Holidays
September 19, 2014, New York, NY - In preparation for the upcoming High Holiday season, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) is actively engaging those who seek spiritual nourishment.
Statement of Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responding to the Mass Shooting in El Paso, TX
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs: “Israel’s Decision To Bar U.S. Representatives Is Wrong. Democracies Do Not Hide.”
URJ President on United Methodist Church Rejecting BDS
This week’s clear decision by the United Methodist Church rejecting the efforts of those who misguidedly sought to draw the Church into the boycott, divestment, sanctions campaign to delegitimize Israel is a welcome step in support of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
URJ Launches JewV’Nation Fellowship: An Interfaith Outreach Incubator for Emerging Jewish Leaders
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) today launched the JewV’Nation Fellowship, an innovative year-long project incubator and leadership development program supporting emerging Jewish leaders and creative interfaith outreach initiatives. The program, which will begin in early 2017, is supported in part with a Jewish Funders Network grant from Avenues to Jewish Engagement for Intermarried Couples and their Families, in honor of 2015 Genesis Prize Laureate Michael Douglas.
The JewV’Nation (pronounced “juvination”) Fellowship program will be led by April Baskin, URJ’s Vice President of Audacious Hospitality, and seeks to engage a new generation of leadership by valuing the perspectives and insights of the younger members of the community and supporting them with resources and strategies to bring their best ideas to life. The fellows themselves will define and create exciting and contemporarily relevant Jewish programming.
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Gaza Violence
Yoffie: "We believe that military action must always be the last resort.
Reform Jewish Movement Opposes Attack on Women's Health
Pelavin: "This regulation will alarmingly narrow patients' access to a wide range of basic health services"
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UN Vote Calls Attention to U.S. Absence from Global Fight for Gay Rights
Saperstein: “It is shameful that the United States chose not to be a part of the first UN General Assembly declaration condemning state-sanctioned human rights abuses against LGBT people”