Religious Action Center - Traveling with Justice

The work of tikkun olam does not just happen at home. When we travel, we can help build a more just, more sustainable world, rather than make travel choices that tread heavily on our environment and our fellow human beings. As we work to green our Movement and continue to champion the rights of all our neighbors, especially those with the greatest need, we can use travel as a way to honor our Jewish values.

The URJ is committed to traveling justly, and we hope you will join us in this effort! Learn more about the impact travel has on others and the world around us and help us all make more just travel choices.

Next time you travel, we hope you will find ways to travel justly, as we are commanded: Justice, Justice, Shall You Pursue. You can start today by taking action to support carbon reductionand offsetting in your own community and in Israel by contributing to a clean future fueled by green jobs and sustainable products and practices.

Our Partners:
Reform Jewish Organizations Work Together to Seek Environmental Justice

Travel Green

“The human being was placed in the Garden of Eden to till it and to tend it.”
(Genesis 2:15)

Travel has a greater environmental impact than perhaps any other human activity. Our cars, trains, and planes largely run on fossil fuels, creating pollution and accelerating the process of global climate change. Learn more about carbon offsetting.

The URJ Environmental Sustainability Fund will make regular donations to projects working to build a more sustainable world by developing and increasing access to renewable energy. Our current projects are Kibbutz Lotan and Native Energy.

Travel Just

"You must not oppress your neighbor."
(Leviticus 19:13)

Every time we travel, we interact with myriad people, seen & unseen, and a number of livelihoods rely on these interactions. We can put Jewish values into action by ensuring that our travels have a positive impact on all people. In 2005, the Union for Reform Judaism adopted a resolution supporting workers' rights, including hotel workers and all others we encounter on our travels. Together, we can implement this Resolution by treating our neighbors in travel with fairness and respect. Find tips here.

Printable Version

IM to a Friend

Upcoming Conferences and Events

Bernard and Audre Rapoport
L'Taken Social Justice Seminars
for High School Students

Social Justice Summer in DC:
Machon Kaplan
June 23 - July 25, 2010

Save the Date!
Consultation on Conscience
May 1 -3, 2011