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8 Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah that Don’t Involve Gifts
Instead of eight days of gifts, here are eight ways to celebrate Hanukkah with your kids that relate the story and celebration for your enjoyment and to help you refocus your approach:
Building the Temple
When King Solomon decided to build the temple in Jerusalem, he hired the best artists, architects, and stonemasons. The work came along a little slower than King Solomon expected, and he decided to check in on what was taking so long. What did he find? Listen to this story, retold by Cantor Rosalie Will.
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URJ Youth Professional Development Interactive Learning Opportunities
We’re excited to introduce our brand new 3-Part Webinar Series for Spring 2018: Asking the Why: The Jewish in Jewish Youth Engagement!
Double Booked: How to Take Action for Working Families
Lift your voice and tell your Senators and Representatives totake action on these important policy issues that affect working families: Support the Equal Rights Amendment Urge Congress to Support SNAP Support Housing for Low-Income Families Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act Raise the Minimum Wage
Climate Change Living Talmud: Discussion Questions
This discussion guide was used along with the RAC's Living Talmud on Climate Change ( view, download, or print at this link) at the NFTY Convention 2015 social justice track. Use it to spark conversation in your youth group, congregation, or with friends and family!
Purim: Women's Rights and the Story of Esther
In 2023, Purim falls within days of International Women's Day. While Purim always provides an opportunity to reflect upon how Esther's story relates to women's rights, its proximity to International Women's Day this year reinforces the focus on women's rights that is present in both holidays.
Rabbi Richard Hirsch - Biography
Rabbi Hirsch, who has been called the architect of Reform Zionism and the world-wide movement for Progressive Judaism, will receive the Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award for Service to Reform Jewry. Every two years at the URJ Biennial, the Maurice N.
Rabbis Organizing Rabbis Rabbinic Leadership Team
Director, Just Congregations: Rabbi Stephanie Kolin Senior Organizer, Just Congregations: Joy Friedman Rabbinic Leadership Team, Rabbis Organizing Rabbis: David Adelson East End Temple New York, NY Erica Asch Temple Beth El Augusta, ME Larry Bach Temple Mount Sinai El Paso, TX Peter Berg The Temple
Rabbis Organizing Rabbis - Deportation Defense Success Stories
Luis Lopez Acabal (AZ) Watch a video call between Luis Lopez Acabal, Rabbi Peter Berg, and Reverend Eric Ledermann Read about the Rabbis Organizing Rabbis campaign to save Luis from deportation Update from Rabbi Esther Lederman: Luis goes home for the holidays Catalino Guerrero (NJ) After Catalino