How to Take Definitive Action During Gun Violence Awareness Month
Is your congregation or community ready to organize around addressing gun violence? Here's how.
This Gun Violence Awareness Month, join the Reform Movement in Action
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, a time for heightened attention to confronting the plague of gun violence that ravages our streets, schools, and houses of worship.
What happened when we brought a 'yearbook of the fallen' to Congress
As their confirmation class project, the 10th graders at Temple Emanuel in Kensington, MD created a “yearbook of the fallen” to commemorate the high school victims of gun violence killed in 2018.
Countdown to Summer: 8 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Congregation’s Youth, Teens, and Grads
While your youth may physically leave the building during the summer, the sense of community you’ve built all year long will stay with them as they venture across the globe. Here are some suggestions for how to stay connected this summer.
13 Jewish Stories about Moms for Mother’s Day
Ghetto: A Poem
Important Message on Ethics Accountability
For California Students, a Frightening "Debate" About the Holocaust
My mother is a survivor of Auschwitz. She lost her entire family there. The Holocaust is a tragedy that has been a major factor in my life, one that has driven my push for social justice.
URJ Resolution on Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is itself an ancient phenomenon and a remarkably resilient form of hate. In its most terrible manifestation, anti-Semitism led to the Shoah and the murder of 6 million Jews. In the aftermath of this genocidal tragedy, the world said “never again.” Yet despite this pledge, we now see acts of anti-Jewish hatred on the rise.
Reform Movement Responds to Abductions of Nigerian Schoolgirls
Rabbi Saperstein: "The depravity of the recent mass abduction, and the public claims made by Boko Harams leader that the girls will be sold, reaches new depths of inhumanity.