"Take care not to spoil or destroy My world:" Why We Need Bold Action to Address Climate Change
Reform Jewish Movement Condemns West Bank Settlers’ Attack on Palestinians
As a New US Citizen, I Know Won’t Take Voting Rights for Granted
Brit Olam Reproductive Health & Rights Cohort: Glossary of Terms
An Important Update for Our URJ Community
'Impatient with injustice': Rabbi Rick Jacobs' call for immigrant rights
The following are Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs' prepared remarks for the speech he delivered at the Moral Monday mass gathering in El Paso on July 28, 2019.
Reflecting on the Prayer Vigil: Congress Must Seize the Moment and Invest in Families
Why We Are Bearing Witness at the Border
I’m here in El Paso this weekend because I worship a God who is impatient with injustice, a God who demands that migrants must not be wronged.
The Israeli-Palestinian Dilemma: Moving Beyond Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong
How to Avoid Getting Stuck in Balak’s Trap
In Parashat Balak, King Balak and the people of Moab, central characters in the weekly Torah portion, are afraid of the Children of Israel. Balak tries to recruit the prophet Balaam to curse the Children of Israel in order to weaken them and save Moab from impending defeat. King Balak sends for his prophet twice and Balaam barely responds. Three times Balak attempts to force a curse on Israel out of Balaam's mouth and three times he fails. It is fascinating to try to understand what causes a king to attempt the same solution, and fail again and again, and despite this, to not change his strategy.