Reform Jewish Movement Condemns Low Refugee Admissions Ceiling
Reform Jewish Movement Opposes Changes to Public Benefits Use for Immigrant Families
Reform Movement Laments Senate Judiciary Committee’s Vote in Favor of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Removal of U.S. Troops at Turkish-Syrian Border
Reform Jewish Movement Mourns the Death of U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Supreme Court Protection of "One Person, One Vote"
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2016 – In response to the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Evenwel v. Abbott, upholding Texas’s use of total population in drawing electoral districts, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Mourns the Loss of Audre Rapoport, z"l
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2016 – This week, the Jewish community lost a visionary philanthropist. Audre Rapoport, in partnership with her husband Bernard, was passionately committed to Reform Judaism, social justice and fostering a new generation of leaders among young Jews.
Remarks by Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner at 'Standing Shoulder to Shoulder Against Bigotry on the Campaign Trail'
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Reform Jewish Leader Offers Prayers for Victims of Bus Bombing
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Reform Movement Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Racial Justice, Condemn Movement for Black Lives Platform Language on Israel
Washington, D.C., August 4, 2016 – In response to the release of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, ARZA: The Association of Reform Zionists of America, the American Conference of Cantors, Men of Reform Judaism, Women of Reform Judaism, and the North American Federation of Temple Youth: