Resolutions
Combating Climate Change One Dollar at a Time
In April 2024, after two years of study and engagement with many internal and external partners, the Union for Reform Judaism passed a landmark resolution calling on Reform Jewish individuals, congregations and our communal institutions to transition our investments, pensions, and endowments away from fossil fuel interests.
Reform Movement Backs Study of Reparations for U.S. Slavery
The resolution does not define what form reparations ought to take. Instead, just like congressional legislation calling for a committee to study and develop proposals for reparations, which the resolution endorses, we consider it our moral duty to “seek an end to ignorance.”
URJ Board Adopts New Resolutions on Paid Leave, Immunizations and Predatory Lending
The Union for Reform Judaism North American Board this week overwhelmingly adopted new resolutions on Paid Family Leave, Mandatory Immunizations and Predatory Lending. The resolutions’ adoption concludes a consultative and inclusive process that began before the recent Biennial assembly held in November 2015 in Orlando, FL. The resolutions add to the canon of hundreds of URJ resolutions adopted over more than a century and which outline the URJ’s values and priorities.
