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Repentance and Revelation: An Environmental Confession Informed by the Ten Commandments
Our tradition teaches that Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is not the only day to atone. Rather, the need to atone is a constant one.
"How Healing It Would Be If American Jews Listened to Black Americans"
In his autobiographical book Lovesong: Becoming a Jew, scholar and author Julius Lester wrote about his spiritual journey to Judaism. It began while on a retreat, when a Trappist monk told him, “When you know the name by which God knows you, you will know who you are.”
The Four Children of Climate Change: A Passover Seder Insert
We often talk at the Passover seder about the Four Children: the wise child, the wicked child, the simple child, and the child who does not know how to ask.
When Are We Free? A Seder Activity for All Ages
This Passover, brainstorm some other food combinations that might exemplify the bitterness and sweetness of freedom.
Honoring Black History Month and Creating a Better Future
Black Jewish alumni of the Union for Reform Judaism’s JewV’Nation Fellowship share their insight and perspectives about how to use our sacred history to create a better future.
5 Ways Jewish Summer Camp Will Prepare You for College
After so much time spent at URJ Greene Family Camp, a Reform summer camp in Bruceville, TX, camp feels like a second home. Here are five vital lessons we learned at camp that are serving us well in college.
What Is Reform Zionism?
Reform Zionism is a continuation of the early Zionist dream to foster a living, breathing national culture that represents the highest ideals of Jewish peoplehood. Foremost among these ideals is for Jews to be free and liberated citizens of the world who also contribute as Jews to our global civilization.
Jewish Summer Camp: A Multi-Generational Family Tradition
Everything Reform Jewish summer camping had done for me, it was doing for my children – and more.
Why the Rugrats Passover Special Is, in Fact, So Special
As odd as it might sound, the babies’ retelling of the story of the Exodus gave a lot of children an appreciation for their Jewish identities – and that’s pretty incredible.