Ways Your Congregation Can Act Now for Racial Justice
Here are a few things your congregation can do now to support Black and Brown people both within the Jewish community and beyond, both directly and on a systemic level.
Caring Communities
Celebrating the URJ’s 150th Anniversary with New Opportunities and Communities
People can now form communities regardless of where they live, and accessibility has increased with the rise of online communities. Two such communities have recently partnered with the URJ in its 150th year— HaNefesh and Keeping It Sacred.
Welcoming vs. Belonging: A Key Step in Making Our Communities Diverse and Whole
Those of us on the margins are not exceptions to a “normal” Jewish community; we are an integral part of the community itself, and we want to know that you know: We all belong here.
The Mitzvah of (Safely) Nurturing Community Today
Let’s honor our elders by engaging in hiddur p’nai zaken, and support our teens by bringing them together in community to learn, celebrate, and be fully human together.
The Value of Sacred Community: Sharing One Congregant’s Powerful Legacy
Two beloved public figures succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2020: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Alex Trebek. The congregational family at Temple Israel of Northern Westchester mourns the loss of one of our own, who was taken from us by this dreadful disease: Joseph