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Young students at the March for Our Lives, holding signs about gun violence prevention

What happens when you let 7th graders lead congregational social justice policy? Progress.

Young students at the March for Our Lives, holding signs that spell "ENOUGH"

#JewsDemandAction: Urge the ATF to Ban Bump Stocks.

Urge the ATF to ban bump stocks!

Following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year, Attorney General Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would propose a regulation to effectively ban “bump fire stocks” like the ones used in the Las Vegas massacre. Bump stocks...

Civic Engagement - Ballot Initiatives

The Reform Movement strives for a world in which all people experience wholeness, justice, and compassion. Many of the structural policies that shape our world are established or changed through our representative democracy; the people who enact policies are elected by the voting population.

Civic Engagement - Candidate Engagement

As we work together to fulfill the sacred mandate of tikkun olam, world repair, non-partisan civic engagement in service of our enduring values is an essential way that we stay active in our communities.

Why I Joined The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Rabbi Lisa Bellows

I joined the Poor People’s Campaign because I am answering the call of the One who calls me to act concerning the poor and disenfranchised.

Galilee Diary: The Neighbors

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

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.

Families Belong Together sign (in spanish)

Jewish Organizations to Trump Administration: Families Belong Together!

"As Jews, we understand the plight of being an immigrant fleeing violence and oppression. We believe that the United States is a nation of immigrants and how we treat the stranger reflects on the moral values and ideals of this nation."

Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior

August 17, 2013

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. . . .

The author working with refugee children in Israel

World Refugee Day: All Our Days Are Refugee Days

Julie Fisher

Every June, we mark World Refugee Day. Today refugees are a part of the global conversation and the human experience in almost every country in the world.