Jewish History

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The Bitter and the Sweet: Observing Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut This Year

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

April 6, 2021

We at the URJ are working with you, our congregations, to instill a love of Israel, make it central to the identity of Reform Jews, and advance efforts toward ensuring that it is a nation of equality, tolerance, pluralism, and justice.

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Jews of Color

Owning Our Racial Equity Work Ahead: Three Things We Must Do

January 14, 2021

In the video “Owning Our Racial Equity Work Ahead,” Yolanda Savage-Narva, the Union for Reform Judaism’s director of Racial, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI), calls on each of us in the Jewish community to do three things.

Observing MLK Day & Shabbat Tzedek in Your Jewish Community

Each year, the Reform Movement honors the legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by commemorating the Shabbat nearest to MLK Day as Shabbat Tzedek.

Protecting Civil Rights