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Congregational Guides
These publications are useful tools for congregational lay leaders, clergy, educators, and other staff managing social action programming and socially responsible practices.
Federal Security Funding & Policies
Fedral security funding and policies for congregations
Resources for Synagogue Security in the 21st Century
Resources for Synagogue Security in the 21st Century
Sentencing Reform Call-In Day Talking Points
In the U.S. Senate, a bipartisan bill known as the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (S. 2123) has been introduced and successfully voted out of committee.
Social Justice Blessing Cards
Begin your social justice project, meeting, Mitzvah Day or special occasion with a blessing! Our wallet-sized blessing cards are standard business card-sized, 2" x 3.5" and can be printed right from your home or office printer.
L'Taken Issue-Based Programs
Downloadable Social Justice Text Study (ready to print) Climate Change Program Materials Action Alert: Tell Congress to Support the Green Climate Fund Climate Change Living Talmud (ready to print) Climate Change Living Talmud Discussion Questions PowerPoint Presentation: Green Climate Fund Economic
Isabel P. Dunst: Biography
Isabel P. Dunst is the incoming chair of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, as of January 2016. A Member of the URJ Board (and formerly a Vice Chair), she served as President of Temple Sinai of Washington, DC from 1994 to 1996, and is currently an Officer of that congregation.
Purim: The Upside Down Holiday
Purim is the most curious of the Jewish holidays. Rabbis have sanctioned, even encouraged behavior that was ordinarily forbidden by halachah (Jewish law)
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Nitzavim: Why Organ Donation is Jewish
Parashat Nitzavim features the phrase “choose life,” but what does it mean to choose life? One way of choosing life is by becoming an organ donor. Rabbi Jacobs discusses why this lifesaving choice is part of his Jewish values in this episode of On the Other Hand.
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Stories We Tell: The Wooden Sword
Once, there was a king who set out on a mission in his kingdom to learn about his reputation. He travelled from town to town and eventually met a happy old man and his wife. After asking them why they were so joyous, they replied, “God takes care of us.” The king was furious—it’s him who takes care of the people, not God! What the man and his wife do next teach everyone in the kingdom, including the king, what it means to be taken care of. Rabbi Mark Kaiserman, the rabbi at Reform Temple of Forest Hills retells the story. For a written version, see “The Wooden Sword” in The Jewish Story Finder by Sharon Barcan Elswit.
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