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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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L'Taken Seminars - Student Feedback Form
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Machon Kaplan Summer Internship: Application
Apply now to be part of the Machon Kaplan Summer internship program.
Urgency of Now Initiative
In 2017, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism launched the Urgency of Now Initiative on behalf of the Reform Jewish Movement Developing a strong network of active and empowered congregations is imperative to the sacred work of תקון עולם (tikkun olam), repairing the world.
How Jews Transformed The Comic Book Industry, Part III: The Bronze Age (1979 - )
Ever since the late 1970s, comics have turned more introspective and artistically ambitious. As in the Golden and Silver Ages, Jewish comics creators have been at the cutting edge, producing works that probe Jewish history, showcase Jewish characters, and comment on spiritual and social issues. These artists have ushered in what may be termed "the Bronze Age" of comics--not because it's less esteemed than the Golden or Silver Ages, but because it is free of rose-colored gloss and glitter, and reflects the realities of the world in which we live.
How Jews Transformed The Comic Book Industry, Part II: The Silver Age (1956-1978)
By the mid-'50s, the comic book industry was in a sorry state. Allegations that the genre was promoting juvenile delinquency and illiteracy had "done in" the popular and groundbreaking horror and crime comics, and superheroes were now bland incarnations of their former selves. Batman, once a shadowy figure of the night, was recast as a high-camp boy scout battling rainbow-colored monsters.