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Let All Who are Hungry Come and Eat

CNS Logo.jpgBelieve it or not, the impetus for the creation of the National School Lunch Program in 1946 was that malnourishment was rendering large numbers of young men ineligible to join the military. When President Truman signed the 1946 National School Lunch Act, the

Standing with Our Sisters at the Kotel

Shelly Lindauer is the Executive Director of Women of Reform Judaism. This post first appeared at RJ.org.


In this week's Torah portion, Ki Tisa, the Israelites begin to worry that Moses will not return from Mt.

The New Israeli Woman

In honor of it being International Women's Day, I'd like to perform a little experiment with you. What first comes to mind when someone asks you to describe an Israeli woman? A tough kibbutznikit? A beauty in army uniform? Golda Meir?

Haiti Relief Update

Last week, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Peter Weidhorn, Chairman of the Board of the URJ, sent the following email to presidents and rabbis of URJ Congregations.

What do a religious school pajama party and a