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Careers & Internships
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Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism (CSA)
The Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism is a joint body of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Union and its affiliates that seeks to apply the insights of Jewish tradition to such domestic and foreign issues as human rights, world peace, civil liberties, religious freedom, famine, poverty, intergroup relations, as well as other major societal concerns.
History of the RAC
For more than six decades, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish Movement to advocate for social justice.
Rabbi Balfour Brickner Clergy Seminars
The Brickner Clergy Seminar and Fellowship Program is designed exclusively to help rabbis and cantors become effective social justice advocates.
Additional Resolutions on Health Care
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR): Health Care (1976) National Health Care (1991) Health Care Reform (1993) Health Care without Harm (1998) Prescription Drugs (2003) Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ): Universal Access to Health Care (1991)
Additional Resolutions on Economic Justice
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) CCAR Resolution on Hunger in America (2016) Economic Justice (1987) Workplace Fairness (1993) Living Wage Campaigns (1999) Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Hunger (1969) Social and Economic Justice (1987) Economic Justice (2001) Tax and Budget Concerns (2005
Additional Resolutions for Separation of Church and State
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) 1976: Prayer in Schools 1984: Religion in the Public Schools 1985: Religious Tests for Federal Judges 1987: Religion and the Public Schools 1991: Free Exercise of Religion and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1991 Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)
Additional Resolutions on Women's Rights
Central Conference of American Rabbis: Resolution on Women’s Suffrage (1917) Resolution on Affirmative Action and Equal Rights (1973) Resolution on the Equal Rights Amendment ( 1975, 1979, 1982) Joint Task Force on Women (1979) Economic Justice for Women (1984) Resolution on Violence Against Women
College Life
There are dozens of opportunities in the Reform Movement for college students to live, learn, work, volunteer, and experience Jewish life and community-building throughout the world.
Jewish Life Around the World
Learn about different experiences of Jewish life around the world, including culture, cuisine and more.