COVID-19

Hands on a keyboard with a seder plate on the computer screen

Digital Content to Enliven Your Passover 2021 Seder

the staff of the URJ and other Reform Movement partners

March 1, 2021

You already know how to host a beautiful, profound, and Jewishly meaningful seder. What you may not yet know, though, is how to re-imagine your usual traditions to incorporate digital content that will enliven this year’s virtual rendition of your seder.

Strengthening Congregations

New & Updated Resources: Preparing for the High Holidays in Challenging Times

Cantor Rosalie Will

Rabbi Leora Kaye

July 20, 2020

Partner organizations of the Reform Movement are offering the best collaborative thinking and the most comprehensive resources to guide your visioning and planning.

COVID-19

What is the Right Dues Model for My Congregation?

Rabbi Esther L. Lederman

Amy Asin

October 26, 2021

One of the requests we frequently get from congregational leaders, even more so since the onset of Covid-19, is for clarification about emerging revenue structures of Reform congregations. In particular, many want to understand the existing dues models. In this post, we highlight in broad strokes the dominant dues models, and then lay out some questions we believe leaders need to consider if they are thinking of adjusting or changing their current model.

COVID-19

Cheshbon Hanafesh for Your Congregation

Amy Asin

September 13, 2021

The High Holiday season is an important time of personal and communal reflection, including your congregation’s leadership. This can also be a time of reflection for your congregation’s leadership.

LGBTQ+ Equality

Blame Ourselves, Not God

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

August 30, 2021

Blaming God for such tragedies is theologically problematic; blaming God for failed human policies is blasphemous. This idea is worth considering as we cope with the devastating aftermath of the multiple disasters confronting us.