Learn about Gun Violence with the Reform Movement
The RAC is very excited to announce a new opportunity for individuals and congregations to engage around the issue of gun violence.
Can Pro-Gun Be Pro-Life?
I have come to the Newtown Congregational Church, less than a half mile from Sandy Hook Elementary School, to attend an interfaith discourse about guns in our society.
Galilee Diary: The Neighbors
Whoever saves one life in Israel [i.e., of a Jew] is as if he had saved an entire world.
– Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5
Whoever saves one life is as if he had saved an entire world.
How Tikkun Olam and Pikuah Nefesh Will Help Me Prepare: A #BlogElul Post
Last week I had lunch with a rabbi friend who told me he’s in the midst of preparing four different sermons for the upcoming High Holidays.
Connection Fuels Jewish Disability Advocacy Day 2016
Maria Town, the Associate Director of the White House's Office of Public Engagement addresses JDAD 2016
Syrian Refugees
With more than 500,000 people displaced to neighboring countries by the violent civil war in Syria, the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR) has opened a fund to provide humanitarian aid to the refugees.
The Core of the Matter: What Does it Mean to Support a Two-State Solution?
For decades, the Reform Movement has been an active proponent of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Washington State's Continued Fight for Transgender Rights
Across the country, there has been an onslaught of anti-LGBT bills that have been introduced in state legislatures.
The Core of the Matter: Addressing Israel's Security Needs
This is the second in a series of posts outlining some of the core issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Reform Movement’s positions on these issues.