How to mark Census Day with the RAC
In the lead up to the 2020 Census, the RAC has shared how important an accurate count is to our democracy. Unfortunately, the spread of COVID-19 has stymied efforts to complete the 2020 Census including door-to-door canvassing, Census-taking, and other in
Obstacles facing the asylum system today
As part of the Kraus Initiative for Immigrant and Refugee Justice, the Reform Jewish Movement is working to be in solidarity with asylum seekers and restore the asylum system.
A Report from the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
I run the Squirrel Hill Health Center, a nonprofit federally funded community health center in Pittsburgh. My organization is one of 1,400 federally funded community health organizations, which serve 29 million people across the United States.
10 years of the Affordable Care Act: Celebrating successes and looking to the future
Today marks ten years since President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law.
The Brickner Fellowship brings social justice to the center of congregational life
Every two years, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) hosts the Rabbi Balfour Brickner Fellowship for rabbis and cantors who are looking to bring social justice closer to the center of congregational life.
The Jewish Imperative for Justice in the Face of Pandemic
The coronavirus is sweeping across a broken world. Defeating it will require us to see the humanity in one another and commit to fight for justice during this unprecedented moment of need.
Congress must protect the vulnerable during this public health emergency
With more than 1,200 people testing positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in more than 40 U.S. states thus far, and with testing only just starting to ramp up, the U.S., like many countries worldwide, is facing a grave public health and economic crisis.
Administration strips civil rights protections from social services, college campuses
In mid-January, the Trump administration expanded its attack on social services and educational institutions under the guise of religious freedom with the proposal of several new draft policies (known as proposed rules) that would allow government-funded
TRAP laws, just like King Ahaseurus, aim to further control female bodies
Rabbi Eliana Fischel, a rabbi at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington D.C., made the follow statements before the June Medical vs. Russo rally in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 4.
Our tradition is no stranger to creative controls on
Join the RAC College Civic Engagement Campaign Network
We are living in an urgent time. As the plague of gun violence persists, immigrants are under attack, and climate change destroys our planet, the Reform movement’s work of bringing justice, unity, and compassion to the world becomes more necessary.