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State RFRAs: Disrupting the Balance
If you or your congregation are already involved in efforts to oppose or to amend state-level RFRA legislation, or would like to learn about how to engage on this issue, please let us know. We are eager to offer guidance and support to you and your congregation on this important issue.
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S. 2123) Phone Script
Below is a sample script which you can use or adapt to make your call. Close with the appropriate legislative ask depending on your Senator’s current position on S. 2123 (see below to find your Senator).
RACtivist: Advocacy Tool #1
Welcome to the RACtivist! The RACtivist is a series of three emails over the next few months designed to help you build your advocacy skills and take action on urgent social justice issues. A s Reform Jews, we bring unique voices and perspectives to the key issues of today.
RACtivist: Advocacy Tool #2
Take Your Advocacy to the Next Level Missed the first RACtivist email? Check out Advocacy Tool #1: Writing to Members of Congress! After writing to your members of Congress about legislation, what's the next step? How can you amplify your impact?
RACtivist: Advocacy Tool #3
Call Congress to Make Change Missed the first two RACtivist emails? Check out Advocacy Tool #1: Writing to Members of Congress and Advocacy Tool #2: Social Media! After posting on social media, the next step is to call your members of Congress.
Purim: A Story of Crime and Excessive Punishment
Over the past several years, the RAC has used Purim as a time of reflection on the broken state of our criminal justice system and on the urgent need for reform. Previous Legislative Assistants have written insightfully about the execution of Haman at the end of the Purim story in the context of the modern day death penalty, and about the intersections of reproductive justice and criminal justice drawing from the inspiration of Esther’s courageous actions to save the Jewish people.
Learn about Gun Violence Prevention with the RAC
Gun Violence Prevention Active Learning Network The RAC is very excited to announce a new opportunity for individuals and congregations to engage around the issue of gun violence called an Active Learning Network (ALN).
A Passover Family Activity: Which of the Four Children Are You?
Explore the text of the Four Children through contemporary movies and pop culture. Help your older child (Grade Level(s) 4th grade and up) learn about the meaning of the text of the four children.
A Guide to Eating on Passover
You know how the food you eat can sometimes trigger memories? Jewish tradition knows this too, and a kosher for Passover diet is a yearly reminder of the Jewish people’s distant past as slaves in Egypt.
Passover is a Great Time to Talk With Teens About Israel
Whatever the call to spend next year in Israel means to your family, it is an opportunity to further engage young people in developing a personal connection to Israel. Perhaps also it is a chance to help them find a way to make a journey that could be the foundation for lifetime engagement.