Brit Olam translates to ‘covenant with our world.’
The Brit Olam reminds us of the words from Pirkei Avot:
“Study alone is not enough, our tradition demands action.”
Two years ago, we introduced the Brit Olam, our covenant to create a world in which all people experience wholeness, justice, and compassion. Since then, the urgency of our work has only grown.
After months of listening to the concerns and stories of members of Reform communities throughout North America, we are renewing our Brit Olam, our covenant with the world, to support congregations working together, learning from one another, and effecting change on the local, state, provincial, and federal levels.
We know each community is unique. This is why the Brit Olam work encompasses multiple ways to join a network of congregations working together toward a common goal. Your group may choose to join a RAC state project (a network of communities working to make change in their state), an issue-based cohort (a network of communities working to make change on an issue of shared significance), or both. In this way, each individual action can amplify and increase the impact of all others.
We are doing things together.
Join us by taking a few simple steps:
- Learn more about and urge your congregation to sign the Brit Olam
- Click on any of the boxes below to learn more and access resources related to each cohort
- Join an issue-based cohort or state project and begin to impact your own community and the world around you
-->
Learn more about the network of Reform communities working together to make lasting, meaningful change in your state.
Refer to our frequently asked questions page for additional information.
Use our text studies to root conversations about the Brit Olam with your congregational or communal leadership in Jewish values and teachings.
Review this instruction guide on how you can bring the Brit Olam to your community.
Click here to see a list of communities signed onto the Brit Olam!
Brit Olam Congregations
- Temple Israel
Akron, Ohio
- Congregation Beth HaTephila
Asheville, North Carolina
- The Temple
Atlanta, Georgia
- Temple Beth El
Augusta, Maine
- Bolton Street Synagogue
Baltimore, Maryland
- Temple Habonim
Barrington, Rhode Island
- Beth Israel Congregation
Bath, Maine
- Beth El Temple Center
Belmont, Massachusetts
- Congregation Beth El
Berkeley, California
- Congregation Har HaShem
Boulder, Colorado
- Temple Solel
Bowie, Maryland
- Congregation Beth Am
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Peninsula Temple Sholom
Burlingame, California
- Congregation Shalom
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
- Congregation M'Kor Shalom
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- K.A.M. Isaiah Israel
Chicago, Illinois
- Temple Sholom
Chicago, Illinois
- Temple Akiba
Culver City, California
- Temple Emanu-El
Dallas, Texas
- Congregation Or Chadash
Damascus, Maryland
- United Jewish Center
Danbury, Connecticut
- B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim
Deerfield, Illinois
- Reform Cong. Keneseth Israel
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
- Beth Emet the Free Synagogue
Evanston, Illinois
- Temple Rodef Shalom
Falls Church, Virginia
- Temple Or Hadash
Ft. Collins, Colorado
- Beth David Reform Cong.
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
- Congregtion Hakafa
Glencoe, Illinois
- Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- Temple Solel
Highland Park, Illinois
- Temple Beth-El
Hillsborough, New Jersey
- Temple Israel of Hollywood
Los Angeles, California
- Cong. Emanuel Hudson Valley
Kingston, New York
- Temple Emanuel
Kensington, Maryland
- Temple Isaiah
Lafayette, California
- Temple Isaiah
Lexington, Massachusetts
- Etz Chaim
Lombard, Illinois
- Congregation Beth Am
Los Altos Hills, California
- HUC-JIR Students
Los Angeles, California
- Leo Baeck Temple
Los Angeles, California
- Temple Isaiah
Los Angeles, California
- Shir Hadash
Los Gatos, California
- Agudath Sholom
Lynchburg, Virginia
- Temple Beth El
Madison, Wisconsin
- Temple Beth Sholom
Miami Beach, Florida
- Cong. Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Shir Tikvah
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Temple Beth Or
Montgomery, Alabama
- Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple
New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Ohef Sholom Temple
Norfolk, Virginia
- Temple Ahavat Shalom
Northridge, California
- Temple Shaaray Tefila
New York, New York
- Cong. of Reform Judaism
Orlando, Florida
- Congregation Kol Tikvah
Parkland, Florida
- Temple Beth Or
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Reform Cong. Oheb Sholom
Reading, Pennsylvania
- Congregation Emanu-el
Redlands, California
- Temple Beth El
Riverside, California
- Temple B'rith Kodesh
Rochester, New York
- Temple Beth Ami
Rockville, Maryland
- Temple Sinai
Roslyn, New York
- Temple Beth Tikvah
Roswell, Georgia
- Congregation B'nai Israel
Sacramento, California
- Mount Zion Temple
Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Sherith Israel
San Francisco, California
- Temple Beth El
San Pedro, California
- Temple Beth Am
Seattle, Washington
- Temple Judea Mizpah
Skokie, Illinois
- Temple Beth David
Snellville, Georgia
- Temple Beth-El
South Bend, Indiana
- Congregation Beth Am
Tampa, Florida
- Temple Judea
Tarzana, California
- Temple Beth Hillel
Valley Village, California
- Congregation Or Shalom
Vernon Hills, Illinois
- Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Walnut Creek, California
- Temple Micah
Washington, District of Columbia
- Temple Sinai
Washington, District of Columbia
- Congregation Emanu-El
Rye, New York
- Kol Ami of West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California
- Temple Israel
West Palm Beach, Florida
- Temple Shir Tikvah
Winchester, Massachusetts
- Congregation B'nai Israel
Little Rock, Arkansas
- Temple Israel
Alameda, California
- Temple Beth El
Aptos, California
- Congregation Or Ami
Calabasas, California
- Temple Beth Tikvah
Fullerton, California
- University Synagogue
Los Angeles, California
- Temple Sinai
Oakland, California
- Peninsula Temple Beth El
San Mateo, California
- Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Walnut Creek, California
- Temple Or Hadash
Ft. Collins, Colorado
- Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek
Chester, Connecticut
- Washington Hebrew Cong.
Washington, D.C.
- Congregation Beth Emeth
Wilmington, Delaware
- Temple Beth El
Boca Raton, Florida
- Temple Sinai of Palm Beach
Delray Beach, Florida
- Temple Beth Am
Pinecrest, Florida
- Temple Sinai Atlanta
Sandy Springs, Georgia
- Moses Montefiore Congregation
Bloomington, Illinois
- Chicago Sinai Congregation
Chicago, Illinois
- North Shore Congregation Israel
Glencoe, Illinois
- Lakeside Congregation
Highland Park, Illinois
- Oak Park Temple
Oak Park, Illinois
- Temple Beth Israel
Skokie, Illinois
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore, Maryland
- Temple Israel
Boston, Massachusetts
- Temple Sinai
Brookline, Massachusetts
- Temple Beth Shalom
Needham, Massachusetts
- Temple Sinai
Sharon, Massachusetts
- Sinai Temple
Springfield, Massachusetts
- Temple Beth Elohim
Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Temple Beth David
Westwood, Massachusetts
- Temple Emanuel Sinai
Worcester, Massachusetts
- Temple Beth Emeth
Ann Arbor, Michigan
- United Hebrew Congregation
St Louis, Missouri
- Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
South Orange, New Jersey
- Temple Emeth
Teaneck, New Jersey
- Temple Emanu-El
Westfield, New Jersey
- Congregation Beth Emeth
Albany, New York
- B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation
Albany, New York
- Temple Shaaray Tefila
Bedford Corners, New York
- Temple Beth Zion
Buffalo, New York
- Temple Israel of Northern Westchester
Croton on Hudson, New York
- Larchmont Temple
Larchmont, New York
- Congregation Rodeph Sholom
New York, New York
- East End Temple
New York, New York
- Temple Beth Abraham
Tarrytown, New York
- Congregation Kol Ami
White Plains, New York
- Judea Reform Congregation
Durham, North Carolina
- Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple
Beachwood, Ohio
- Temple Emanu-El
Toronto, Ontario
- Temple Brith Achim
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- Congregation Shaarai Shomayim
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Beth Chaim Reform Congregation
Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Congregation Beth Israel
Austin, Texas
- Temple Shalom of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
- Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Seattle, Washington
- Congregation Sinai
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Temple Beth El
Bakersfield, California
- Congregation B'nai B'rith
Santa Barbara, California
- Temple Jeremiah
Northfield, Illinois
- Temple Etz Chaim
Franklin, Massachusetts
- Temple Kol Ami
West Bloomfield, Michigan
- Bet Shalom Congregation
Minnetonka, Minnesota
- Temple Beth Sholom
New City, New York
- Temple Emanu-El
New York, New York
- Temple Beth Am
Yorktown Heights, New York
- Shir Ami
Newtown, Pennsylvania
- Main Line Reform Temple
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
- Congregation Dor Tamid
Johns Creek, Georgia
- Temple Beth El
Eureka, California
- B'nai Yehuda Beth Sholom
Homewood, Illinois
- Temple Beth El
Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Congregation Albert
Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Beth Israel - The West Temple
Cleveland, Ohio
- Congregation Emanu-El
San Francisco, California
- Congregation Beth Tikvah
Worthington, Ohio
- Monmouth Reform Temple
Tinton Falls, New Jersey
- The Reform Temple of Rockland
Upper Nyack, New York
- Temple Beth Sholom
Santa Ana, California
- Congregation Beth Or
Maple Glen, Pennsylvania
- Temple Beth Hillel
South Windsor, Connecticut
- Congregation Beth Ahabah
Richmond, Virginia
- Port Jewish Center
Port Washington, New York
- Congregation B'nai Israel
Boca Raton, Florida
- New Reform Cong. Kadima
Deerfield, Illinois
- Emanuel Congregation
Chicago, Illinois
- Temple B'nai Israel
Petoskey, Michigan
- Congregation Sukkat Shalom
Juneau, Alaska
- Temple Emanu El
Orange Village, Ohio
- Beth Israel Congregation
Jackson, Mississippi
- Congregation Beth Elohim
Brooklyn, New York
- Rockdale Temple
Cincinnati, Ohio
- Temple Shir Shalom
Gainesville, Florida
- Falmouth Jewish Congregation
East Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Temple Israel
Long Beach, California
- Congregation Beth El
Bangor, Maine
- Temple Beth Israel
Bellingham, Washington
- Temple Shalom
Chevy Chase, Maryland
- Temple Shalom
Aberdeen, New Jersey
- Holy Blossom Temple
Toronto, Ontario
- Temple Sholom
Broomall, Pennsylvania
- Congregation Beth Shalom
Bloomington, Indiana
- Temple Beth El
Charlotte, North Carolina
- Temple Sinai
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Congregation B'nai Shalom
Westborough, Massachusetts
- Rodef Shalom Congregation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Temple Solel
Hollywood, Florida
- Temple Israel
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Congregation Sha'aray Shalom
Hingham, Massachusetts
- Temple Adat Elohim
Thousand Oaks, California
- Congregation Kol Shalom
Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Congregation Children of Israel
Augusta, Georgia
- Temple Tikvah
New Hyde Park, New York
- North Country Reform Temple-Ner Tamid
Glen Cove, New York
- Temple Shir Tikva
Wayland, Massachusetts
- Temple Anshe Amunim
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Temple Solel
Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Congregation B'nai Israel
Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Temple Shalom of Newton
Newton, Massachusetts
- Temple Har Zion
Thornhill, Ontario
- Congregation Shir Tikvah
Troy, Michigan
- Temple Emanu-El
Utica, New York
- Temple Beth Avodah
Newton Center, Massachusetts
