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Join the Reform Movement's 2023 Campaign for Climate Justice

Power for Purpose is our opportunity to bring the full strength of our movement together to address the climate crisis and deliver a clean, healthy, and livable future for all communities, particularly those most impacted by climate pollution. Learn how you can join us to take action.

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Help Support Israel's Democracy

Here are some ways you and your community can support Israeli democracy and the Israeli Reform Movement during this critical moment.

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Teens, Power, and NFTY – Growing our Reform Youth Movement

As we build the Reform Youth Movement, we are taking inspiration from community organizing strategies. Learn what we're doing and how you can help.

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Ethics Accountability

The safety of every person in our community is our sacred moral responsibility. This is, and always will be, our highest priority. Learn how to report incidents of harassment, abuse, or misconduct to the URJ or other Reform movement institutions.

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Power for Purpose Campaign
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The Work in Process: RAC Day of Action 2023

May 19, 2023
After a day of climate action lobbying with the Religious Action Center (RAC) on Capitol Hill, I found myself staring at a small patch of purple flowers planted between the sidewalk and the street. It was an adrenaline-fueled day, and the jarring contrast of these tall, weedy pops of color against the street traffic and brutalist architecture compelled me to pause, then cry.
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The founders of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) stood in the White House Garden and presented President John F. Kennedy with a historic Torah from the Isaac Mayer Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The URJ at 150 and Founding of the RAC

May 8, 2023
Sixty-two years ago, the founders of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) stood in the White House Garden and presented President John F. Kennedy with a historic Torah from the Isaac Mayer Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. This auspicious anniversary allows us to look back on milestones like this one with pride as we renew our inspiration.
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Press Releases

Antisemitism and Hate Crimes
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Reform Movement Leaders React to Launch of U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism

The White House's new national strategy to combat antisemitism is a strong and innovative approach in the battle against rising hate in America. We commend President Biden and the Administration for their thorough, all-encompassing whole-of-government effort to produce a strategy that is inclusive and recognizes the diversity and plurality of our Jewish communities and the threats they face online, in their day-to-day lives, and their communal life.
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This Week's Torah Portion

This Week's Torah Portion

Naso II
II נָשֹׂא
Take a Census

The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any men or women explicitly utter a nazirite’s vow, to set themselves apart for the Eternal, they shall abstain from wine and any other intoxicant." - Numbers 6:1-2

Torah

Numbers 6:1-7:89

Haftarah

Judges 13:13-25

When

/ 14 Sivan 5783
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The URJ-ADL Partnership to Combat Antisemitism and Hate

Amid an alarming rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence, the Union for Reform Judaism has joined with the Anti-Defamation League, the world’s leading anti-hate organization, to create a multi-faceted digital resource that provides congregations and individuals with tools to respond to acts of antisemitism and hate in their communities.

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The primary URJ contact for congregational leaders is the Knowledge Network team. Call 1.855.URJ.1800. 

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HUC-JIR is the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism.

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The Tent

Connect with other lay and professional Jewish leaders to share experience, expertise and resources. 

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Careers

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Find career opportunities at the Union for Reform Judaism.

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