Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

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Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (REDI) Workshops

This is a list of the most current URJ REDI workshops. Please feel free to sign up for as many as you wish to attend! We are consistently adding more opportunities, so check back throughout the year.

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Audacious Hospitality

Not Just a Checkbox: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Actions at URJ Camp George

Crystal Hill

Jaimie Green

Rachel Hall

December 14, 2022

In 2021, many of the URJ's 15 camps engaged in the creation of a URJ-structured Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (REDI) Working Group & Camp Assessment process. One of those camps was Camp George in Ontario, Canada.

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Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Reform Movement Leaders Celebrate Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act

Contact: Laura Frank, lfrank@urj.org, 267-234-1497

November 29, 2022

"We celebrate the bipartisan Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, a historic bill that protects marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples."

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Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Organizational Partners in Action: How the Jewish Grandparents Network, URJ, and Keshet Partnered to Support Grandparents of Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender-expansive Youth

Stephanie Fink, MAJCS, RJE

Terry Kaye

Tracey Labgold

August 8, 2022

Along with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the Jewish Grandparents Network (JGN) and Keshet share a commitment to an inclusive Jewish community that reflects and affirms marginalized identities. We realized we could have the greatest impact towards a more inclusive community if we worked together.

Antisemitism and Hate Crimes

A Letter to the Jewish Community

Jill Housen

May 19, 2022

I read a quote today by Sy Smith that said, "Black people in the U.S. are expected to keep on keeping on, no matter what..."