Professional Staff
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie has served as president of the Union for Reform Judaism since June 1996, when he succeeded Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, z''l. He is leading the Reform movement in an exciting new direction, moving congregational life toward greater attention to Torah study and adult literacy, and giving special emphasis to religious school education and youth.

Rabbi Daniel Freelander, senior vice president, is responsible for overseeing the overall and day-to-day operations of all aspects of the Union, including the URJ camping system, all program departments, the regions and all financial matters. He also supervises the work of the URJ Press and Transcontinental Music Publications. 

Rabbi Stacy Offner, vice president, joined the Union in August of 2008. The founding rabbi of Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, she has primary responsibility for strengthening relationships with congregations through new initiatives identified by the Task Force on the Delivery of Services in the 21st Century. She will also be working with the Union’s board of trustees and the Union’s largest congregations

Rabbi David Saperstein has been the director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism for 30 years, representing  the Reform Movement in Washington, DC and on numerous religious coalitions.   

Rabbi Daniel Freelander, Rabbi Lennard Thal, and Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

The Union's staff of about 300 professionals and support staff provide congregations and their members with creative programming ideas for all areas of synagogue life, including worship, education and social action. The staff also provides ongoing consultation and problem solving for member congregations, and works to anticipate and meet their needs in a rapidly changing environment.

The Union’s North American headquarters are at 633 Third Avenue in New York, where the program departments, book and music publishers and administrative and executive offices are housed. 

The Union also operates the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, DC, fourteen regional offices and twelve camps.