Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Audacious Hospitality (AH) 101 Training

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 08:00pm - 9:30pm

This Audacious Hospitality (AH) 101 Training will provide core Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion tools and help you begin thinking about how to incorporate this work into your community and beyond.

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Audacious Hospitality

URJ Announces Yolanda Savage-Narva Will Join as Director, Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Contact: Lauren Theodore, LTheodore@URJ.org, 212-650-4154

November 12, 2020

Yolanda Savage-Narva, MSEd. (she/her) will join the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) as Director for Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, a new leadership position.

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

URJ to Expand Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Work With $600,000 Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Contact: Lauren Theodore, LTheodore@URJ.org, 212-650-4154

August 12, 2020

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan awarded the URJ a $600,000 multi-year grant to advance Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) within the URJ and the Reform Jewish Movement as a whole.

Closeup of a womans hand thumping her chest as during the reciting of the Al Cheit prayer

Social Justice

An Al Cheit for this Moment in Time

Rabbi Susan Talve

August 10, 2020

I’m praying that these weeks of consolation before the High Holidays will give us the time to confront our sins and respond in ways that will help us to heal from our brokenness and find the courage and resolve to build a better year for all.

Racial Justice Resources

Find materials designed for synagogues and communities to spur learning and conversation about racial diversity, about the deep racial disparities that afflict our society, and about how Reform Jews can continue to work for racial justice.

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion