Reform Jewish Movement Responds to P5+1 Nuclear Agreement with Iran
Washington, DC, April 2, 2015 - In response to the joint statement of progress announced by the P5+1 and Iran, the leaders of the Reform Jewish Movement issued a statement saying that "a negotiated resolution ...
Union For Reform Judaism Announces Partnerships To Publish Torah Commentaries, Study Materials, Religious School Curricula And More
NEW YORK, April 20, 2015 - The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) today announced new partnerships with Behrman House Publishing and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) to provide long-cherished and innovative publications to the Reform Movement and beyond.
Women of the Wall Make History
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(212) 650-4154
An Open Letter to President Obama About the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
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212-650-4514
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Strong Evidence of the Impact of Reform Movement Youth Programs on Lifelong Jewish Identity
URJ Statement Regarding Synagogue Attack in Halle, Germany
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Removal of U.S. Troops at Turkish-Syrian Border
Union for Reform Judaism Statement on Connecticut Synagogue Bomb Threat
New York, NY; October 25, 2019 - Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs issued the following statement in response to today’s bomb threat called in to Congregation B’nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT, a URJ member congregation.
URJ Statement On Keren Kayemeth L’Israel Land Purchases in the West Bank
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs On Charlottesville
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs on Charlottesville: We Condemn Neo-Nazi hate speech and call for an end to violence; but “Moral Equivalence of violence and hate “on many sides” is troubling. We commend the opening of President Trump’s statement condemning the “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence” but are deeply troubled by the moral equivalence evident in President Trump’s statement today.