This month the URJ highlights Caring Community resources and Jewish Disability Awareness Month, including discussions on the blog, "101" guides and resources for making your congregation more inclusive and connected.
"Jewish Arbor Day" falls on February 8th this year. Find creative programming, worship guides, seders, greening opportunities, and more ways to celebrate in your community.
Register now for Social Media Boot Camp, a year-long program of webinars, and learn how to use social networking tools to connect with current and potential members. Sign up for RJ WebBuilder 2.0 and get your congregation a dynamic, cutting-edge website. Both are benefits of URJ membership.
For the second year, the URJ is offering Incubator Grants to member congregations. Up to 20 projects will be funded a maximum of $5,000 for seed funding for innovative new projects designed to actively engage more people in Reform synagogue life. Applications are due Feb. 28.
The 6,000 attendees at the URJ's 71st Biennial conference near Washington, DC - the largest ever - heard from national and international leaders and saw a historic changeover of leadership. Read and comment on speeches, watch videos, see photos and learn more about what happened.
In case you had seen a headline and were wondering, the subjects of this item, supercentenarian Jane Ising, 110, British editor Harry Coen, 67, and actor Ben Gazzara, 81, all of whom died in the last week, were not Jewish. But their stories are worth noting.
Jack Zarrow, a Tulsa, Okla., oil and gas supply company CEO and philanthropist whose foundation supported education, mental health and Jewish charities, died on Feb. 2 at 86.
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