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Anti-Gun Violence Activities & Coalition

Anti-Gun Violence Activities & Coalition Temple Beth El 5101 Providence Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 704-366-1948 Temple Beth El's website e-mail Temple Beth El Some Social Action programs are devoted to hands-on projects of direct assistance. Temple Beth El in Charlotte, North Carolina...

Hope after House Passage of Funding for Improved Background Checks

May 30, 2014

Laser: "Yesterday's vote in the House is far from the needed, comprehensive solution to the problem of gun violence, but we are hopeful that this vote signals the beginning of Congressional action in response to the thousands of innocent lives lost each year to gun violence."

Violence in Paris Condemned; Religious Freedom Must Be a Principle Valued by All

New York, NY January 9, 2015 - In response to the terror in Paris this week, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:

Reform Movement Responds to U.S. Election Results

November 5, 2014

Contact: Max Rosenblum or Rachel Laser
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org

Headlines from NFTY’s 75th Year

by The NFTY North American Board As NFTY’s 75^th year comes to a close, we find our Movement at a crucial moment in time. While we honor our rich history, we also look toward our vibrant future with much anticipation, joy, and excitement. This year it has been our privilege to serve as the leaders of NFTY, and we want to share and celebrate ten important headlines from NFTY’s 75th year.

Religious Action Center Associate Director Submits Comments on Community and Police Relations

January 13, 2015

Testimony of Barbara Weinstein
Associate Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
The Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Task Force Listening Session: Building Trust & Legitimacy

Reform Jewish Movement Responds to State of the Union

January 21, 2015

Rabbi Pesner: We welcome the strong spotlight President Obama shone on issues of economic inequality.

A Jewish Response to the President's State of the Union Address

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner

As the new director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, I watched President Obama’s State of the Union speech with fresh eyes, looking for areas where we can work with the president and Congress in the coming year to advance our Reform Movement's soc

Greetings from the New RAC Director

Dear Friends, I write to you today from the Arthur & Sara Jo Kobacker building in Washington D.C., the home of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. I received the honor of a lifetime when Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, announced my appointment as the new Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. For fifty years, the RAC has been the hub of Jewish social justice and legislative activity in Washington, D.C. I have the great honor of succeeding my mentor and friend, Rabbi David Saperstein, who, for forty years, has built the RAC into a powerful force grounded in ancient Jewish values of social justice for North America and across the world. The rabbis taught that in every age we see ourselves as if we ourselves were liberated from bondage. Our work for justice is bound up in the thousands year old essence of what it means to be a Jew.

Reform Movement Condemns Terrorist Attack in Tel Aviv

January 21, 2015, New York, NY -- In response to the brutal stabbing on a Tel Aviv bus this morning, URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs made the following statement: