Civil Liberties and National Security: Striking the Proper Balance
Adopted by the UAHC Board of Trustees
June, 2003
Resolution on Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis
The world is experiencing its worst refugee crisis in history. As Jews, we have known the experience of both fleeing persecution and being “strangers in strange lands,” making us especially sensitive to the plight of today’s refugees.
Reform of the Health Care System
BACKGROUND
Right-Wing Extremism
The rise of extremism in some elements of American life--including episodes of anti-Semitism and the growing impact of the radical right--represents a clear and present danger to the tradition of American pluralism and a distortion of religious precepts in political life.
Resolution on Israel
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations reaffirms its total commitment to the continued existence and security of the State of Israel.
Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
Submitted by the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Background
Abuse in the Family
Adopted by the Board of Trustees
May 1992
Minneapolis, MN
South Africa
In Jewish religious tradition, as well as in Jewish historical experience, racism is an ultimate evil. Our prophets and rabbis taught that all human beings are created in the image of God and have an equal claim to equity and justice.
Support of The Annapolis Peace Conference
BACKGROUND
Refugees and Sanctuary
We are instructed in the Holiness Code (Lev. 19:33) to take to heart the lessons of our own history by treating aliens in our midst with justice and compassion. "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong.