Got a Light?
This light’s for Hanukkah, for a people who who choose to begin our best of days with light...
A Midrashic Mirror Reflects What It Means to Be a Jew Today
Despite a nasty response as the Reform community celebrated the ordination of the 100th Israeli Reform rabbi at the Kotel, we persisted, dancing with our Torah scrolls.
When You’re a Jewish Leader You’re Never Alone
I “got the call” to the rabbinate my junior year in college. After speaking to my parents, I went to talk to my Hillel rabbi. He asked me, “Rachel, do you really want to be a rabbi? Or do you just want to be a more observant Jew?”
3 Questions to Help Teens Unpack their Biennial Experience
Last week, more than 150 teen delegates joined the URJ Biennial to learn, engage, sing, dance, pray, and explore their Jewish identity at the world’s largest gathering of Reform Jews. They brought energy and excitement to the halls of the Hynes Convention Center, and ensured that we had authentic conversations that created a multigenerational Reform Jewish experience. Within this delegation, we had more than 85 synagogue youth group board members, 30 regional NFTY officers, and 125 alumni of our URJ Youth programs. Read on to hear about what this group was seeking when they signed up for this event, and what they are taking away. Know a teen who attended? Ask them about their experience and partner with them to bring it home!
Tzedakah and Sadaqah: A Fain Award Perspective on Building an Interfaith Community of Justice
It all began during the summer of 2015, when a group of friends were looking for a location to break fast together for a few evenings during Ramadan.
When You’re a Jewish Leader, You’re Never Alone
I am so grateful that none of us ever have to feel that we are doing the work of Jewish leadership alone. We have an entire movement walking beside us.
Celebrating Our Commitment to the Brit Olam at Biennial
The 2017 URJ Biennial was, in many ways, a profound moment of unity and rededication for our Reform Movement.
A Hanukkah Tradition From My Christian Mother-in-Law
Sometimes we create our own traditions, sometimes we carry on a tradition we inherit, and sometimes a tradition can come from unexpected places.
Celebrating Our Commitment to the Brit Olam at the URJ Biennial
If your congregation is ready to join this call to action, we can help to help you bring the Brit Olam to your congregation’s leadership.
What Do Children of Intermarried Parents Portend for the Jewish Future?
For the first time in history, we knew in advance that the winner of the 2016 presidential election would have a Jewish son-in-law – Marc Mezvinsky or Jared Kushner.