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Announcing NFTYx: A Space for Teens to Create

Fletcher Block

Michelle Shapiro Abraham, MAJE, RJE

August 18, 2020

For NFTY teen leaders and staff, this summer has been all about brainstorming, strategizing, and planning for the future of NFTY. We are thrilled to announce the launch of NFTYx, a space where teens can turn their ideas into experiences for others.

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What We’ve Learned about Congregations and Movements During the Pandemic

Amy Asin

July 20, 2020

We’ve been supporting congregations in ways that are both practical and aspirational, driven by their desire to respond to this moment and also to use it as a jumping-off point for deeper change.

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New Paths Toward a Very Jewish Summer: Announcing RJ on the Go and Other Digital Programming

June 16, 2020

While nothing can replace the feeling of being together in person, the URJ is pleased to introduce several exciting opportunities to connect families to Jewish life in a new way this summer – to all those who seek Jewish meaning, purpose, and joy in their homes.

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Lamenting and Mourning the 100k Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19

Reform Movement Leadership

May 26, 2020

As faith leaders we must help to lead our congregations, communities, and country in this time of grief and lament in a way that will lead us forward more united as a country to address the very real challenges we face ahead. And that we must do together.

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URJ Response To President Trump’s Call To Immediately Open Houses of Worship

Contact: Lauren Theodore, LTheodore@URJ.org, 212-650-4154

May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020; New York, NY – Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: