Religious Action Center - 2005 Press Releases

Reform Jewish Leader Challenges New Palestinian Leadership to Confront the Culture of Hatred Against Jews and Israel	01/07/05
Reform Jewish Leaders Urge House Leaders to Oppose Legal Immunity for the Gun Industry	10/17/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Terrorist Killings of Israeli Arabs	08/04/05
Religious Leaders Teleconference to Urge Majority Leader Frist Not to Legitimate the Message of “Justice Sunday”	04/22/05
Minnesota Rabbis Join with Reform Jewish Movement in Urging Senator Coleman to Oppose Budget Cuts	11/01/05
Op-Ed: "Visit to Darfur Camps Brings Home the Need for Community to Get Active", by Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism	10/31/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Court Ruling in Intelligent Design Case	12/20/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds House Passage of Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation	05/24/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds House Vote Condemning Anti-Semitism	06/08/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Introduction of Legislation Extending Equal Immigration Rights To Same-Sex Couples	06/21/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds New York Ruling That Declares Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional	02/04/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Re-Introduction of Hate Crimes Measure, Urges Swift Passage	05/26/05
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Senate Leadership on Darfur	04/21/05
Reform Jewish Leader Calls for More Resources to Fight HIV/AIDS	11/30/05
Reform Jewish Leader Calls on President Bush to Clarify That There Should Be No Religious Tests for Political Office, Including the Office of the United States President	01/12/05
Reform Jewish Leader Calls on U.N. Ambassador John Bolton to Clarify his Decision to Block a Security Council Briefing on Darfur	10/12/05
Reform Jewish Leader Commends Compromise on Detainee Treatment	12/16/05
Reform Jewish Leader Commends Senate Vote Opposing Torture	10/06/05
Reform Jewish Leader Commends the President and the Senate on their Leadership against Human Trafficking	10/12/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Despicable Statement on Hurricane Katrina by Rabbinic Leader of Shas Movement in Israel	09/07/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Dobson’s Comparison of Stem Cell Research and Nazi Experimentation	08/05/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Government-Funded Discrimination in Head Start	09/20/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns House Vote in Favor of Religious Discrimination	09/22/05
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Latest Anti-Semitic Statement Made by Iranian President	12/16/05
Reform Jewish Leader Criticizes New Congressional 2006 Budget Resolution	04/29/05
Reform Jewish Leader Disappointed by Passage of Bill Sanctioning Federally-Funded Religious Discrimination	03/04/05
Reform Jewish Leader Expresses Concern Over Reports of Religious Proselytizing, Discrimination, and Anti-Semitism at the Air Force Academy	06/02/05
Reform Jewish Leader Expresses Concerns over Domestic Surveillance	12/19/05
Reform Jewish Leader Expresses Support for Senate Stand on Behalf of Civil Liberties	12/21/05
Reform Jewish Leader Hails Majority Leader Frist’s Support for Embryonic Stem Cell Research	08/01/05
Reform Jewish Leader Meets with Pope Benedict XVI	06/09/05
Reform Jewish Leader Praises Secretary Rice’s Statements in Support of Religious Freedom in China	03/22/05
Reform Jewish Leader Reacts to 1,000th Execution	12/02/05
Reform Jewish Leader Reacts to Roberts Nomination	07/19/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to Passing of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist	09/04/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to President Bush’s Budget	02/08/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor	07/01/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to Senate Confirmation of Judge Roberts	09/29/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to Supreme Court Nomination of Harriet Miers	10/03/05
Reform Jewish Leader Responds to Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr.	10/31/05
Reform Jewish Leader Seeks Clarification from FEMA Regarding News Report of Removal of Katrina’s Victims' Bodies Being Delayed for “Blessing”	09/22/05
Reform Jewish Leader Urges President Bush to End the Genocidal Activity in Darfur, Sudan	02/08/05
Reform Jewish Leader Welcomes New Air Force Guidelines on Religion; Cites Rumsfeld Support for Other Branches to Adopt Guidelines	08/29/05
Reform Jewish Leader Welcomes Supreme Court’s Unanimous Affirmation of Religious Liberty	05/31/05
Reform Jewish Movement Applauds California Assembly Ruling on Same Sex Marriage	09/07/05
Reform Jewish Movement Calls on Senator Frist to Repudiate Claim That Judicial Nominees are Victims of a "Filibuster Against Faith"	04/15/05
Reform Jewish Movement Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Earth Day	04/22/05
Reform Jewish Movement Commends the Supreme Court's Preservation of the Separation of Church and State in Ten Commandments Cases	06/27/05
Reform Jewish Movement Condemns Terrorist Attack at Netanya Shopping Mall	07/13/05
Reform Jewish Movement Issues Letter of Strong Concern Regarding Judge Roberts to Senate	09/15/05
Reform Jewish Movement Marks 15th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act	07/26/05
Reform Jewish Movement Mourns the Passing of Civil Rights Leader	10/26/05
Reform Jewish Movement Opposes FDA Obstruction of Over the Counter Emergency Contraception	10/26/05
Reform Jewish Movement Outraged by Senate Decision to Support Arctic Drilling	03/16/05
Reform Jewish Movement Reacts to Latest Outrage Made by Iranian President	12/08/05
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Filibuster Compromise	05/24/05
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Senate Passage of Reconciliation Package; Urges House to Reject Irresponsible Budget Plan	11/04/05
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Yesterday’s Gay Rights Ballot Questions in Texas and Maine	11/09/05
Reform Jewish Movement Slams Passage of Budget Cuts Harming Low-Income Americans	12/21/05
Reform Jewish Movement Suggest Questions for Judge Roberts to the Judiciary Committee	09/02/05
Reform Jewish Movement Taps Rabbi Lynne Landsberg as Disability Issues Liaison	07/08/05
Reform Jewish Movement Urges Judiciary Committee to Question Gonzales’ Record On War on Terror and Other Issues	01/05/05
Reform Jewish Movement Urges Senate to Further Examine Gonzales’ Record	01/28/05
Reform Jewish Movement Voices Disappointment at the Confirmation of Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor	06/09/05
Reform Jewish Movement Welcomes the Introduction of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005	05/18/05
Reform Jews Across the Country Participate in National Call-In Day for Darfur	12/06/05
Religious Action Center Launches "Ask Judge Roberts" Campaign	07/27/05
Statement by Rabbi David Saperstein on the Upcoming Challenges for Church-State Separation	01/14/05
Statement by Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, at Religious Leaders Press Conference Condemning U.S. Budget Slashing That Hurts the Poor	11/03/05
Statement by Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, on the Plight of North Korean Refugees	04/07/05
Statement by Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, on the Workplace Religious Freedom Act	03/17/05
Statement of Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, at a Press Conference Concerning the Real ID Act and its Implication for Victims of Religious Persecution	04/12/05
The Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism Applauds the Leadership of Texas Reform Movement in the Fight Against the Legalization of Bigotry	11/14/05