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Reform Movement Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Initiative to Bring the Racist Otzma Yehudit Party into the Government

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

February 26, 2019

The Reform Movement strongly condemns the recent initiative of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring loyalists of racist Rabbi Meir Kahane into the Knesset.

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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.

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URJ Stands with Israel and the Residents of the South

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

November 13, 2018

The Union for Reform Judaism strongly condemns the recent rocket attacks on Southern Israel and hopes that the vital cease-fire will be maintained.

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Union for Reform Judaism Increases Commitment to Israel and Zionism, Strengthening Israel Education, Engagement, and Activism

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

October 23, 2018

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) announces the next evolutionary step in deepening its support for Zionism and love for Israel as core beliefs and central tenets of North American Reform Jewish life.

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Op-Ed: The One Speech Netanyahu Will Never Make to Diaspora Jews

Rabbi Gilad Kariv

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

October 15, 2018

Imagine if PM Benjamin Netanyahu, as he begins his remarks to next week in Tel Aviv, decided to honor true dialogue - and not the teleprompter.