RAC-CA Issue Research Teams
Together, We Can: A Letter to the 116th Congress
Today, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism delivered a letter to every member of the 116th Congress.
Together, We Can: A Letter to the 116th Congress
Today, we delivered a letter to every member of the 116th Congress outlining our 2019 legislative priorities and urging them to join us in the pursuit of a more just and compassionate world.
RAC-CA Governance
What Do Teen Lobbyists Do During a Government Shutdown?
Despite yesterday’s government shutdown, this group of teens figured out a way to deliver their impassioned lobbying speeches.
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.
To Fight Extremism, Fight White Supremacy
In a disturbing new report finds that the number of murders committed by white supremacists in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016.
Our Spiritual Fate Depends on Progress Toward Racial Justice
This essay about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. written a year after the civil rights leader was slain, is from a collection of unpublished writings by Rabbi Chaim Stern, z"l.
Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior
Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a rich and varied collection of directives that serve as a partial blueprint for behaviors and norms to create the emerging covenantal culture. As Professor Adele Berlin notes, “Issues pertaining to women are prominent in this parashah. . . .