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Reform Movement Applauds the Supreme Court Decision in NYSRPA v. City of New York
“We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to declare the challenge against New York City’s repealed transport ban on licensed firearms moot."
Nothing About Them Without Them
I took a course last semester about violence in St. Louis, looking for a thought-provoking discussion about my school-year city. I started following the local crime section of the St.
Jewish Leader Stands Up for a Strong VAWA
Rabbi Saperstein: "A Violence Against Women's Act that prioritizes some Americans over others is simply not acceptable; it would be shameful."
Crisis of Hope for LGBT Youth Continues
In 1997, 14-year-old Robbie Kirkland took his father's keys, unlocked the gun cabinet, removed a gun, closed the cabinet, and went to his attic, where he laid down on a mattress and shot himself in the head.
Stop the Execution of Troy Davis
At 7 p.m.
Welcome, MK Class of 2012
By Manda Graizel, the Machon Kaplan Program Coordinator.
Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is given. The world is judged by grace, yet all is according to the amount of action. —Pirke Avot 3:19
Additional Resolutions on Women's Rights
Central Conference of American Rabbis: Resolution on Women’s Suffrage (1917) Resolution on Affirmative Action and Equal Rights (1973) Resolution on the Equal Rights Amendment ( 1975, 1979, 1982) Joint Task Force on Women (1979) Economic Justice for Women (1984) Resolution on Violence Against Women
Four Reform Movement priorities for immigration justice during COVID-19
People sitting side-by-side on international flights. Children sleeping near each other in bunkbeds. Employees coughing in their workplaces. Individuals not washing their hands. Groups of more than 50 congregating in an enclosed place.