Promised Land Delayed: Meet the Jewish Suffragist Who Changed History
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States this year, Rabbi Carole Balin, Ph.D., is sharing eight chapters of an "alternative Book of Numbers” designed to tell the stories of Jewish women who combined civic engagement with Jewish values in a 40-year
Affordable Housing
60th General Assembly
November 1989
New Orleans, Louisiana
War in Iraq 2007
Resolution on the War in Iraq 2007
Union for Reform Judaism
Executive Committee
March 12, 2007
The War In Iraq
Submitted by the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, Congregation Shir Hadash of Los Gatos, California, Congregation Tikkun V'or of Ithaca, New York, Temple Beth Or of Everett, Washington, Temple Emanuel of Worcester, Massachusetts, Temple Sinai of Brookline, Massachu
Resolution in Support of Paid Sick Days
Background
The rights of workers have long been a bedrock social justice concern and a priority of Reform Judaism.
Resolution Urging the Israeli Government Not to Carry Out Unilateral West Bank Annexation
As a proud Zionist movement, we hold the value of Ahavat Yisrael – love for the people, the Land, and the State of Israel – as core to who we are as Jews. Our abiding commitment to the security of Israel, to the special relationship between Israel and both the U.S. and Canada, to the Jewish and democratic character of the State of Israel, and to the importance of Jewish values in shaping our policies and priorities lead us to express our alarm at the possible unilateral annexation by Israel of areas of the West Bank.
In Memoriam: Sandy Hook
These two prayers are to be read in commemorating the anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT (Dec. 14, 2012). The first, “For the Children of Newtown,” is prayer I wrote in response to the attack. May the memories of the righteous be a blessing.
Ways Your Congregation Can Act Now for Racial Justice
Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the United States
BACKGROUND
Torture
Submitted by the Union for Reform Judaism Board of Trustees
to the 68th Union for Reform Judaism General Assembly
Passed - Houston, November 2005
Background