RAC in Your State

Our state-based affiliates in California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas build power, mobilize congregations and engage the Reform Jewish community nationwide in the pursuit of justice.

Our state-based affiliates in California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas build power, mobilize congregations and engage the Reform Jewish community nationwide in the pursuit of justice. We partner with diverse communities to meaningfully impact local and state legislation. 

RAC-CA

The California Religious Action Center (RAC-CA) brings together the Reform Jewish congregations and communities of California to organize powerfully across lines of race, class, and faith. Together, we will achieve a more just and compassionate California.

RAC-FL

A project of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, RAC-FL is locally-led and collectively organizing Reform Jewish congregations and communities statewide to build a more just and compassionate Florida.

RAC-IL

RAC-IL currently includes more than 25 Reform synagogues (over 80% of our movement), representing more than 50,000 Reform Jews in our state.

RAC-MA

A project of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, RAC-MA is a locally led movement of Massachusetts Reform Jewish communities organizing across lines of difference to build a more just commonwealth for all. RAC-MA mobilizes the power of 40 congregations representing nearly 14,000 households from across the state to represent the voice and conscience of the Reform Jewish movement. RAC-MA's inaugural state issue campaign, focused on housing justice, launched in June of 2023.

RAC-NJ

RAC-NJ launched in August of 2020 to bring our Reform Jewish values of wholeness, justice, and compassion to the Garden State.

RAC-NY

A project of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, RAC-NY is a locally-led movement of Reform Jewish communities working together to build a more just and merciful New York State.

RAC-OH

The Ohio Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-OH) is an organizing community bringing Reform Jews from across Ohio together in the pursuit of justice in our state. It was created in the belief that we can create a more just and compassionate Ohio together.

RAC-PA

A project of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, RAC-PA is a locally-led movement of Reform Jewish communities working together to build a more just and merciful Pennsylvania.

RAC-TX

A project of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, RAC-TX is locally-led and collectively organizing the Reform Jewish Movement state-wide to build a more just and compassionate society for all Texans.

What's New

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.