The Reform Movement has helped to bring relief and hope to the devastated population of Haiti, raising more than 1.17 million. The need is ongoing. Learn what's being done, and what you can do.
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Success was achieved in stopping a Knesset vote on the conversion bill. No issue in recent memory has so mobilized Jews from all streams and all parts of Israel and the Diaspora as has the bill proposed by MK David Rotem to vest authority for conversions in the hands of the Chief Rabbinate. Yet, there is more to be done.
All 13 URJ Camps officially open and Israel programs heat up. URJ Camps across North America are brimming with energy, music, laughter and ruach as nearly 10,000 campers settle in for the Jewish experience of a lifetime. Stay informed about all our Camp and Israel programs on the Clipboard, our online home.
In his report to the Union's Board of Trustees, Rabbi Eric Yoffie announces his upcoming retirement effective June 2012, noting "My work as president of the Union has been extraordinarily fulfilling, endlessly challenging, and a great joy in every way."
In response to the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, the Union is partnering with the Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ) to help the people most affected by the oil spill. Funds will be used to support grass roots organizations that are assisting those who are out of work, retraining people for new jobs and working on recovering the coastline. Learn more or donate online.
Although some American Jewish leaders said this week that they will be entering upcoming negotiations over the proposed Israeli conversion bill free of preconceptions, a leader of Reform Jewry said there remains a "red line" for his movement.
Many American Jewish leaders are relieved that the conversion bill sponsored by MK David Rotem did not come up for a vote in the Knesset before its summer recess, but they are still reeling from the turbulence it has caused, and hope that the three months until the legislature reconvenes will be used to revise or block it.
An elite Israel Defense Forces unit identified and collected body parts of the seven military personnel killed in the crash of an Israeli military helicopter in central Romania.
Germany has filed charges against the No. 3 man on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted Nazis for helping to murder 430,000 Jews during World War II.
The heirs of a Jewish banker sued the Hungarian government demanding the return of artwork valued at $100 million that allegedly was confiscated during World War II.
Larry Greenfield takes to an Andrew Breitbart website to argue that Oliver Stone should make Jews rethink their liberal loyalties. Meanwhile, the Forward’s J.J. Goldberg takes aim at Fox News for hyping Breitbart’s now-discredited video of Shirley Sherrod.
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