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Participate in the 2021 Study of Leaders in American Jewish Life Today

URJ Staff

April 1, 2021

The URJ is pleased to invite congregational leaders to participate in a new study of leaders in Jewish life today, sponsored by Keren Keshet, under the leadership of Mem Bernstein and Arthur Fried.

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Israel

Now Is the Time to Change Marriage Laws in Israel

URJ Staff

January 14, 2019

In North America, we take for granted freedom of choice in marriage. Not so in Israel, where it is wholly controlled by the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, z'l, speaking and the 2017 URJ Biennial convention

In His Own Words: Remembering Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D.

URJ Staff

May 7, 2018

In the absence of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, z’l, whose life ended tragically and much too soon, may we take comfort in reading his words of Torah.