Your Congregation Should Be Recognized for Its Great Social Justice Work
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Rabbi Esther Lederman: Children belong in schools, not cages.
In the Book of Jeremiah we read:
“A cry is heard in Ramah —
Wailing, bitter weeping.
Rachel weeping for her children.
She refuses to be comforted for her children, for they are no longer.”
Standing Together for International Religious Freedom
Seven months after being acquitted of blasphemy charges by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian, finally joined her family in Canada on May 7, 2019.
The Hostage Crisis in Iran and My Humanitarian Journey There
Several months after the Iran hostage crisis began in 1979, I participated with other clergy in a humanitarian mission to visit the captives.
Lessons from the Stadium Seats: A Father's Day Reflection
The small, quiet moments we spend with loved ones are precious and personal and powerful, and often, we do not realize time's beauty or meaning until later in life.
Migrant Children Belong in Schools, Not Cages
Learn what one rabbi said at a civil disobedience event to protest child detention that was attended by more than 350 faith leaders in Washington, D.C. on June 12, 2019.
This Jewish Feminism Fellowship Empowers Teens to Be a Force for Good
Moving Tradition’s Kol Koleinu fellowship, offered in collaboration with NFTY: The Reform Jewish Youth Movement, invites young Jewish feminists of all genders
How a Songleading Fellowship Will Help Teens Lead the Way
This fall, the URJ will launch a Teen Songleading Fellowship that will road-test the best ways to identify and support more songleaders than ever across North America.
A New Report Shows the Troubling Status of International Religious Freedom
Attacks on people of faith are animated by white supremacy and white nationalism, which are on the rise. Dismantling this system of hate “requires deep partnership across all communities affected.”