How Do I Teach My 12-Year-Old Grandchild About the Holocaust?
Rabbi David Saperstein Joins Food Stamp Challenge
Rabbi Saperstein: We have long advocated for anti-hunger programs, like SNAP and WIC, that meet the needs of the 49 million food-insecure Americans but the Challenge places in stark relief how difficult it is to obtain enoughfood and nutritious food on a food stamp budg
Reform Movement Welcomes Gilad Shalit Home
Reform Leaders: "Gilad's homecoming demonstrates the preciousness with which Israel treats the life of each and every IDF soldier."
Contact: Annette Powers
212-650-4154 apowers@urj.org
Reform Movement Leaders Rejoice in News of Shalit's Anticipated Release
Contact: Annette Powers
apowers@urj.org 212-650-4154
Union for Reform Judaism Urges White House to Grant Pollard Clemency
Rabbi Saperstein: "In the midst of the Days of Awe, as we ponder the wrongdoings we have committed and pray for God's mercy, we pray as well that President Obama will act with mercy and grant Mr. Pollard long-overdue clemency."
Reform Movement Decries National Emergency Declaration to Build Border Wall
Reform Movement Lauds House Passage of Universal Background Checks Legislation
Improving Holocaust Education and Combatting Anti-Semitism
Shortly after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21), reintroduced the Never Again Education Act, an important piece of legislation designed to improve Holocaust education and combat anti-Semitism.
It's Time to Improve Holocaust Education and Better Combat Anti-Semitism
We are hopeful that the Never Again Education Act will be enacted in this congressional session.
Oscar-Nominated Short Film Remembers 1939's Massive Nazi Rally in NYC
The Oscar-nominated short film A Night at the Garden is a documentary short about a massive pro-Nazi rally that happened in Madison Square Garden 80 years ago this week.