Rabbi Saperstein Confirmed as Ambassador for International Religious Freedom
December 12, 2014, Washington, D.C.- In response to today's Senate vote to confirm Rabbi David Saperstein as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism released the following statement:
Reform Movement Mourns Slain NYPD Officers and Prays for Healing
Washington, D.C., December 22, 2014 - In response to the murders of two New York City police officers on Saturday afternoon, Union for Reform Judaism President, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, delivered the following statement:
Writing on the Wall: Arson and Racist Graffiti in Jerusalem
Disaster struck Saturday night at a school building in Jerusalem. Four firefighter teams were called in to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a first-grade classroom.
The Writing on the Wall
International Religious Freedom: More than a Matter of Faith
It’s Time for Paid Sick Days in 2015
Top Ten Reform Jewish Moments of 2014
At the end of the secular year, "top 10" lists abound. Check out our picks - in no particular order - for the most exciting moments of 2014 within the Reform Jewish world. Do you agree with our list? What would you add?
Visions of Redemption
The last word of the Book of Genesis is b'Mitzrayim, "in Egypt," and that is where we find the Israelites at the beginning of the Book of Exodus.
He's a Sexy Guy
When you're as good looking and as "sensual" as Joseph, temptation and seduction are going to find you (see Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 35b). The Torah tells us, "Now Joseph happened to be fair of form and fair of appearance . . .
A Story of Hope
Without giving anything away, I can say publicly that Dan Brown's long-awaited sequel to The Da Vinci Code, which is called The Lost Symbol (New York, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009), ends with a nechamta, a "note of comfort." Despite the trials and be