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URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy’s Jo-Ellen Unger is First Camp Director to Receive Prestigious ARJE Distinguished Educator Honor
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) proudly announces that Jo-Ellen Unger, RJE, has been named a 2020 Distinguished Educator by the Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE). Unger, the founding director of the URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, is the first camp director to receive this recognition.
URJ President Responds to Trump Administration's Middle East Peace Proposal
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Stories We Tell: The Bird Catcher
This week, Rabbi Simcha Bob tells the story of a woman who catches and sells birds for a living. One day, she comes across a beautiful bird who can speak and even promises her 3 pieces of wisdom if she releases him. Through this story. Rabbi Bob compels us to think about how well we listen to the advice of others and the ways in which we impart wisdom as well.
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Stories We Tell: Get Up and Go Early
We’ve all had days when we have so many things to do, but we just want to stay in bed and put our tasks off for later. This week, Rabbi Leora Kaye tells a story about a rabbi who faced that very same temptation head-on, showing us how we too can push through our temptation and “get up and go early.”
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Reform Movement Denounces Supreme Court Decision Allowing Public Charge Expansion to Take Effect
“By allowing the administration’s expanded public charge regulation to go into effect, the Supreme Court’s decision defies American values and will harm immigrants, their families, and the country."
Reform Movement Denounces Trump Administration's Plan to Cut Medicaid
“By encouraging states to cap federal funds for Medicaid expansion, the Trump administration is fundamentally undermining Medicaid and jeopardizing access to health care for the most vulnerable Americans."
Stories We Tell: What it Takes to Get in
Three souls are met by the Heavenly Tribunal as they approach the gates of Paradise: a learned rabbi, a pious man, and a tavern keeper. Each one makes their case as to why they should enter Paradise, but who among them instantly earns the Tribunal's favor?
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Reform Jewish Movement Leaders Applaud Massachusetts Legislature’s Veto Override to Expand Abortion Access
“We applaud the Massachusetts legislature’s work to protect reproductive rights and eliminate medically unnecessary barriers to abortion access."
Reform Jewish Leader Denounces Assault on a Peaceful Transition of Power
"The effort by some members of Congress to functionally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are nothing less than an assault on the peaceful transition of power and American democracy."
Reform Jewish Movement Condemns Insurrectionists' Breaching of the Capitol Building
"We are witnessing an unprecedented assault not just on the U.S. Capitol building and members of Congress, but on American democracy itself."