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Travel Justly - Funds to Green the Reform Movement
Travel, attending conferences, hosting events - all of these typical congregational events have carbon-intensive impacts on the environment. Grants from the Travel Justly fund can help expand your congregation's work on environmental sustainability or food justice to combat the impact of these activities.
Legislative Action Center
Here you will find a variety of action opportunities on key legislative issues and an opportunity to tell congress what's on your mind.
Apply for the Eisendrath Legislative Assistant Program
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Machon Kaplan Summer Internship: Application
Apply now to be part of the Machon Kaplan Summer internship program.
Is there a ritual that marks the completion of reading one of the books of the Torah?
During a worship service, each time the reading of a book of the Torah is completed, the congregation rises and says, “chazak chazak v’nitchazek – be strong, be strong, and we will be strengthened.” According to Rabbi David Saperstein, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious
Can a person who died by suicide be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
The ancient prohibition against doing so is based upon the conception of suicide as the conscious and willful taking of one’s life.
Why do Jews wear head coverings?
The custom of covering one’s head is based on custom, a minhag, that first appeared during the Rabbinic Period (roughly, from the beginning of the Common Era to 500 C.E.).