For more than six decades, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish Movement to advocate for social justice. We work on more than 70 issues including gun violence prevention, immigration, reproductive rights, and criminal justice reform; and mobilize around federal, state, provincial, and local legislation. As a joint instrumentality of the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the RAC represents the values of the largest and most diverse Jewish Movement in North America to governments at all levels. As part of a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the RAC's work is nonpartisan.
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is causing a humanitarian crisis. Women are being forced into their homes. LGBTQ+ individuals are at risk of being stoned or worse. Human rights activists are living in fear. Those who worked with U.S. and coalition forces
The concept of “sanctuary” congregations has many definitions and applications. In the 1980s, Reform Movement congregations provided sanctuary primarily to central Americans at risk of deportation.
Our role as custodians and stewards of God’s earth is to protect and preserve the ecology and environment as best we can. One of the most well-known Talmudic sayings is that of Rabbi Yochannan ben Zakkai who said, “If you are planting a tree and you see the