Take Action this International Women's Day
This piece originally ran as a Strategies for Sisterhood Success item in Women of Reform Judaism's Weekly Digest newsletter.
A Message from Rabbi Jonah Pesner on the March for Our Lives
Photo: Donovan Marks, courtesy of Washington National Cathedral.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, made the following statement about the March for Our Lives:
Praying With Our Feet at the March for Our Lives
Six minutes, and twenty seconds was the time it took for the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to take the lives of 17 innocent people. According to Everytown, an average of 96 Americans per day are killed by guns; seven of those being children or teens.
Statement on the Nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 9, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum: 202-387-2800, news@rac.org
How We Can Help Move the World Closer to Peace
I appreciate proactive disaster management for all types of emergencies, but a recent lockdown drill at my kids’ school sent me reeling.
Reform Jewish Movement Opposes Senator Sessions' Nomination for Attorney General
For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Graham Roth
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Passover 2018 Social Justice Resources
A D'Var Torah for the March for Our Lives
This blog post is adapted from the D'Var Torah offered by Aaron Torop at the Reform Movement's gathering in DC before the March for Our Lives.
Working for LGBTQ Equality in all Sectors
Many significant advancements for LGBTQ equality have been made in the past few years, from all three branches of government.
A Call to Action: Fighting Sexual Assault on College Campuses
College should be a safe space of learning and growing, not a place for persistent predatory behavior. Colleges do too little to prevent assaults from happening or to support the victims after a crime occurs.