The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
The Bible continues to be the best-selling book in history, perhaps because each reader can identify with some aspect of its ancient text. It is this notion that informs the essays of the 24 novelists, poets, scholars, and journalists who answered the call to write about a Biblical book or passage with personal meaning to them.
Five Ways Jews Can Respond to Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
As Jews, we have an obligation to defend a fellow minority under siege – but some of us don’t speak up because we don’t know what to say. Here is list of statements you are likely to hear and how you might respond.
Blockbuster Achievements and Coming Attractions: The URJ in 2016
According to box office reports, I was not the only person who saw the new Star Wars movie over the long New Year holiday weekend.
In addition to having a great time for a couple of hours, I was struck by what a Reform approach the moviemakers took.
How so?
Reproductive Justice as a Jewish Moral Imperative
In the days before Roe v. Wade declared abortion a constitutional right, the symbol of women’s underground, dangerous – and persistent – efforts to obtain abortions was the simple wire coat hanger. Despite the constitutional protections in place since 1973, this gruesome symbol has recently made a troubling return to our discourse on reproductive justice.
The Stories That Shape our Work to Eradicate Homelessness
Participants of the RAC’s Bernard and Audre Rapoport L’Taken Seminars, often share with us that one of the most inspiring moments of the weekend is hearing a presenter from the
Rabbinic Literature: Where are the Novels?
When I was confirmed in 1965, I received a copy of The Rabbi by Noah Gordon as a gift. Reading the novel proved to be a watershed moment in my life. As the story drew back the curtain on the personal and private life of a young man who enters the rabbinate, I thought – for the first time – that I, too, might someday come to be a rabbi.
President Obama’s Executive Actions to Address Gun Violence
2016 is off to a great start in the fight for social justice! On Tuesday, President Obama issued an executive order against gun violence.
L'Taken Participants Urge Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage
Earlier this month, Reform Jewish high school students from around the country came to the nation’s capital for the first Bernard and Audre Rapaport L’Taken Social Justice Seminar of the 2015-2016 season.
Reform Movement 2016 Social Justice Resolutions
As we begin 2016, we reflect upon the successes and challenges of last year, and many of us embark on fulfilling our new year’s resolutions. We at the RAC have made our own social justice resolutions for the New Year.
Join the Reform Movement's National Call-In Day for Sentencing Reform
On January 19, Reform rabbis and congregations from around the country will be coming together for a national call-in day to the U.S. Senate in support of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S.