URJ Names Ruben Arquilevich Vice President of URJ Camps, NFTY, and Immersive Experiences
Reform Jewish Movement Statement on the 2016 Presidential Election
The people have voted and American democracy is strong. We respect that vote and we extend our hand to President-elect Trump.
URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy's Greg Kellner Receives Prestigious Covenant Foundation Award Honoring Emerging Jewish Educators
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) proudly announces that Greg Kellner is the recipient of a 2016 Covenant Foundation Pomegranate Prize (link), joining four other recipients recognized this year for their tremendous promise, focused leadership, and willingness to take risks in their burgeoning careers.
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Calls For President-Elect Trump to Respond to Voices of Hate
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), calls on President-elect Donald Trump for his response to voices of hate and bigotry.
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responds To Death Threats, Hate Vandalism At Reform Synagogue In Israel
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), issued the following statement in response to personal death threats against him and the Reform Movement in Israel: The vandalism of our Reform congregation in Ra’anana—and murderous threats against me and my Israeli colleagues Rabbi Gilad Kariv and Anat Hoffman—are reprehensible. They are deplorable. But, alas, they are far from surprising.
ReformJudaism.org Hosts Shaboom! – Animated Jewish Kids Show to Share Learning and Fun
Rabbi Jonah Pesner's Response to ICE's Planned Mass Deportation Raids
New Leader for Reform Jewish Movement's Commission on Social Action
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.