Motivated and Ready to Work: Mechina Prepares NFTY’s Leaders for the Year Ahead
The past several months have been very profound; the Charleston Church shooting, the attack on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore on the heels of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the Pope’s encyclical on climate change, the ruling by the Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states, just to name a few. Our children’s world is shaped by a mix of crisis and opportunity. After attending NFTY’s Mechina, the four-day leadership training event for regional leaders held at URJ Kutz Camp, I remain hopeful. I’m hopeful because I got to meet, study and pray with amazing teens who are ready and willing to wrestle with the important issues of our time and the Reform Movement has what to offer to help them with that important task.
Biden at Biennial: What did the Vice President Say?
Speaking to the 5,000 attendees at the URJ Biennial in Orlando on Saturday, November 7, Vice President Joe Biden offered sincere words on many issues of importance to our Movement.
Prayers after This Week's Racist Violence against Houses of Worship
On Wednesday night, nine people were killed during a shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Chu
Video: Vice President Joe Biden’s Message to Reform Jews
“You didn’t just lobby me, you educated me,” Vice President Joe Biden told more than 5,000 Jewish leaders gathered in Orlando, FL, for the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial convention
Reform Movement Decries Continued Violence in Tel Aviv and West Bank
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Jacob Kraus
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Summer 2015: The Season’s Looking Bright
Reform Movement Condemns Shooting at Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Tracy Wolf
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
How do we help children cope with tragedies that occur in our communities and in the news headlines?
What does Judaism teach us about helping our children to cope with terrible news that even we, as adults, find challenging to understand or process?
What I Learned from a Case of URJ Biennial FOMO
Not everyone I know attended the URJ Biennial, but it felt that way. I ran into people from every school, youth program, and synagogue I’ve ever worked with or attended.