The Gun Debate: "There is No Pathos in These Debates"
All of these arguments going on around me, arguments about whether we have the right to have guns, or whether guns kill people or people kill people, or whether gun control will save lives.
New Leader for Reform Jewish Movement’s Commission on Social Action
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July 22, 2019
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Guns and Talmud
America is facing a choice about guns that will have to be settled in public opinion, in Congress, in state legislatures, and in the courts. The question is whether it is right to place further restrictions on the possession and use of firearms.
Newtown - A Reflection
A Prayer Against Detaining Children
This prayer addresses the detention of children at the U.S. border and the tragic deaths of innocents there and in the custody of the federal government.
Teens Connect to Judaism Through Justice
How My Judaism Inspires My Social Justice Endeavors
As I enter a new phase of life as a retired person, I have a wonderful opportunity to volunteer for causes at the intersection of Judaism and social justice.
'Impatient with injustice': Rabbi Rick Jacobs' call for immigrant rights
The following are Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs' prepared remarks for the speech he delivered at the Moral Monday mass gathering in El Paso on July 28, 2019.
Why We Are Bearing Witness at the Border
I’m here in El Paso this weekend because I worship a God who is impatient with injustice, a God who demands that migrants must not be wronged.
What immigration activists at the border need from Reform Jews
RAC Immigration Justice Director Dr. Julia Paley in Juarez, Mexico with URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Imam Omar Suleiman