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Enough is enough: What you can do to help stop American gun violence
Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and other recent incidents of gun violence highlight the fact that the U.S. has been locked in a cycle of apathetic “thoughts and prayers,” while little federal action has been taken on this public safety and public health issue. We must end the helpless, apathetic cycle of “thoughts and prayers.” Enough is enough. To stand idly by and do nothing in the face of such senseless slaughter is unconscionable and antithetical to our Jewish values and beliefs. To paraphrase Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, we will pray with our marching feet and voices.
ReformJudaism.org’s Top 10 Stories of 2018
As we prepare to ring in 2019, we look back on the year we leave behind, and… whew, what a year!
I was a NFTY Social Action Leader. Here’s Why I Think You Should Go to Consultation
A quick note from Logan Zinman Gerber, our National Teen Campaign Organizer:
Shayna Han
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
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Shayna’s portfolio includes gun violence prevention, environment and climate change, Israel, foreign policy, antisemitism, the Holocaust, international religious freedom, and Native American rights. She is proud to be in the first cohort of the Jews of Color Initiative partnership with the RAC LA program.
Happy New Year! Check out the Reform Movement's Top Stories of 2018
With 2019 coming up quickly, we’ve rounded up the top Reform Movement stories of 2018.
Reform Movement Responds to Supreme Court’s Decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen
“In the aftermath of the unceasing spate of recent mass shootings – including the horrific mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde and recent gun violence at a church in Alabama, a Juneteenth concert in Washington, D.C., and in a neighborhood in New York City – it is incomprehensible that the Supreme Court has once again decided to value guns over the safety of our communities, children, and houses of worship."
Finding Hope
Thursday night's passage of a bi-partisan gun bill filled me with hope, even as the Supreme Court ruled against New York, which forces some states to actually loosen their gun regulations.
RAC Illinois Celebrates Our First Win, for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Assault
The Illinois Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-IL) is excited to announce that the VOICES Act is now law in Illi
Four Lessons from the Launch of RAC-Massachusetts
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, congregants and clergy from over twenty Reform synagogues gathered at Temple Shalom of Newton for the launch of RAC-Massachusetts, the Religious Action Center’s ninth and newest statewide project. The room had an energy I haven’t felt since before the pandemic, reminding everyone there what can happen when we are in community.
How and Why Teen Leaders Can Strengthen Your Congregation
Tomorrow’s leaders are in our congregations (and ready to lead) today.