Reform Movement Welcomes Senate Passage of Violence Against Women Act
Weinstein: The Violence Against Women Act has been an invaluable tool for preventing, investigating, and prosecuting violent crimes targeting women.
Reform Leader Condemns Rocket Fire in Israel
In response to the barrage of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Be'er Sheva, Tel Aviv and Ashdod in recent days, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President-elect of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
Rabbi David Saperstein to Protest at Sudanese Embassy
Saperstein: I am here today because when Jews mark the Passover holiday, we read that in every generation, we are to see ourselves as if we personally had been liberated from Egypt.
Shooting at Jewish School in France Sends Shock through Reform Movement
Pelavin: "No mother should ever have to face the inestimable hardship of losing her husband and children in one instant, nor should parents have to mourn the loss of a child. "
Rabbi David Saperstein Arrested At Sudanese Embassy
Rabbi Saperstein: Today, knowing every unresponsive day means more pain, more suffering, more death, more orphans - today this is our answer: We must not, we dare not, we will not stand idly by.