A New Year, a New Congregation: The u’Faratztah Community Development Initiative
This year, three new Reform congregations: one in Emek HaYarden, another in Ramat HaNegev, and a Russian-speaking congregation in Be’er Sheva.
This year, three new Reform congregations: one in Emek HaYarden, another in Ramat HaNegev, and a Russian-speaking congregation in Be’er Sheva.
In this week’s parashah, we read one of the most famous lines of the Torah, incredibly apt as we view the challenges that lie ahead.
Read Rabbi Gilad Kariv's remarks from the rally outside Prime Minister Netenyahu's residence on Saturday evening, July 1.
When we disagree with this Administration, as we have with presidents from both parties over many decades, we do so as clearly and powerfully as we can.
We are delighted to share with you a few observations about our recent URJ North American Board mission to Israel -- a non-stop week of listening and learning in a manner that, we think, only the URJ could organize.
Too often, returnees from Birthright Israel trips are bombarded with questions (and many times answers) about the impact of the trip on their lives. Here's what to ask instead.
One year ago, we thought we had made history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government passed the Western Wall agreement, for the first time granting official recognition to non-Orthodox Jewish streams and women’s rights at Judaism’s holiest site.
The administration’s regretful and wrong-headed, although not unprecedented, decision to abstain rather than veto a deeply problematic Security Council resolution affected the way most American Jews and Israelis heard Kerry’s speech.
Join us in supporting relief efforts on the ground. Together, our support will help Israel begin to heal.
If progressive Judaism is going to prevail, the Union for Reform Judaism must be investing in ways to connect young Jews to our traditions, to Israel, and to our future.