Balancing Sacrifice and Well-Being in Social Justice Work
to an array of social justice issues can make it difficult to find time to take care of my own well-being. What’s the best way to find the right balance?
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.
Empty Chairs and Stained Napkins: A Passover Prayer for Peace
When we gather on April 19 and 20 to mark the first two nights of Passover, we will pray. And we will ask aloud: What makes this year’s seders different from all others
After Poway: A Round-Up of News Stories, Statements, Resources, and More
Following Saturday’s deadly shooting at Chabad of Poway in California, Reform Jewish clergy, activists, and other community leaders have issued statements, shared words of comfort, appeared on the news, an
What's New at the 2019 Consultation on Conscience
The world is changing, so the Consultation on Conscience is, too.
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.
On Eagle’s Wings
What adults could not accomplish, our teens have begun to make happen, changing the course of our country’s history.