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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Council / Greater Philadelphia Federation of the URJ! No matter through which door you enter (1511 Walnut Street, 215-563-8183, or www.urj.org/pac) , our region is here to provide affiliated Reform congregations, their members and staff with support to achieve their goals and advance the purposes and values of the Reform Movement in North America.
Our website has been enhanced to provide you with updates about regional programs and resources as well as links to events, (Read Full Story)
Dear Friends,
As your acting regional president, I follow in the footsteps of two giants, Rosanne Selfon and Andy Gurman. Rosanne has gone on to the national presidency of Women of Reform Judaism and Andy has turned his efforts to the important Tikkun Olam issue of universal health care in his new role as Vice Speaker of the American Medical Association House of Delegates. I have learned much from both of them, and I hope that I can do as well as they have done in representing the congregations of this region within URJ. Following my two predecessors itself is daunting, but I am humbled also by a challenge our movement faces. (Read Full Story)
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Dear Regional Family,
Yom zeh l’Yisrael: This is your lucky day!
Welcome to the PA Council website. Whatever hour it is on your clock, we Jews count this as a day. For us, each new “day” begins at sunset, so while we distinguish day from night in many ways, we also call the night, day. So welcome to this day, whatever the hour, a day on which you have chosen to discover this site and to read this message. Welcome to this website, a resource for regional information from and about the Pennsylvania Council, a point of access to URJ tools. (Read Full Story)
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