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URJ and Ramah Camps in First-Ever Program Partnership to Build Specialist Staff Training
February 9, 2012, New York --In a first-ever programmatic partnership, the National Ramah Commission and The Union for Reform Judaism's Camping Movement have announced a joint initiative to develop training opportunities for specialty staff in advance of the 2012 summer camp season.
Reform Movement Mourns the Loss of Terror Victims in Bulgaria
July 18, 2012, New York -- In response to today's horrific bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the Sarafovo Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
URJ OSRUI Camp Celebrates 60 Years of Reform Jewish Camping
WHAT: 60 Years of Ruach - Concert, Dinner and Celebration at Camp
WHEN: Saturday, July 21, 2012, doors open at 4 pm
WHERE: URJ Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI)
URJ President to Spend Night at Synagogue Homeless Shelter He Founded 30 Years Ago
Brooklyn, NY, January 14, 2014 – In 1983, when Rabbi Rick Jacobs was the rabbi at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue (BHS), he had a vision to start a shelter to address the growing problem of homelessness in New York City.
Strong Evidence of the Impact of Reform Movement Youth Programs on Lifelong Jewish Identity
New research proves that across different types of experiences, the Reform Movement delivers youth programs that have long-lasting impact on participants’ Jewish identity.
URJ Statement Regarding Synagogue Attack in Halle, Germany
We mourn the two lives lost, and painfully recognize that it’s only because the gunman was unable to enter the synagogue that even greater bloodshed was prevented.
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Removal of U.S. Troops at Turkish-Syrian Border
"The humanitarian crisis triggered by President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Turkish-Syrian border is senseless, painful, and must end."
Union for Reform Judaism Statement on Connecticut Synagogue Bomb Threat
New York, NY; October 25, 2019 - Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs issued the following statement in response to today’s bomb threat called in to Congregation B’nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT, a URJ member congregation.
URJ Statement On Keren Kayemeth L’Israel Land Purchases in the West Bank
As the largest Jewish Movement in North America, we remain committed to a democratic and pluralistic Israel, and two states for two peoples. Accordingly, we emphatically and continually oppose all land acquisition by the Jewish National Fund (KKL) outside the sovereign borders of the State of Israel, known as the Green Line.
The Union for Reform Judaism Mourns the Passing of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, z "l
The North American Reform Movement has lost one of its greatest scholars, most eloquent voices, and most vigorous champions. Reform Jews everywhere mourn the death of Rabbi Gunther Plaut.