3 Lessons for All of Us, from HUC-JIR's Founders' Fellowship
The Founders’ Fellows can teach us all about solving the problems in our own communities.
Finding Joy in Board Service: Join Us for a Day of Learning in 40+ Locations
To attend the URJ Day of Leadership Learning: Finding the Joy in Board Service at any of the locations below, register through October 25th.
Justice, Justice: How One Jewish Teen Found Her Passion for Creating Positive Change
My name is Tali, and I just spent three and a half weeks learning how to be an effective and just leader
What Does a Congregation with a Growth Mindset Look Like?
What does a congregation exhibiting a growth mindset look like? Here are four characteristics.
How We Can be Like Abraham and Speak Truth to Power
Speaking truth to power is not an easy task, especially when God or the President of the United States are the perpetrators of injustice. Sadly, we’re still waiting for a political Abraham to emerge.
How URJ Kutz Camp Exemplifies the Best of the Future of Our Movement
It is not often I get to visit one place that holds all the best parts of what the Reform Movement has to offer – but Kutz is certainly such a place.
Contributing to the Evolution of Our Covenant
We interview Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D., the author of numerous books, articles, and Torah commentaries.
The Ark Is Carrying Us: A Reflection From Charlottesville, One Year Later
What We Really Celebrate on Rosh HaShanah
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” our Torah begins, so many ask: How could God have created the world in seven days? What about the dinosaurs and evolution? Don’t we believe in that?
Selichot: A Spiritual Warm-Up for the High Holy Days
When Rosh HaShanah occurs within close proximity to the Shabbat that precedes it, as it does this year, Selichot is observed a week early.