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Hanukkah Craft: Make Your Own Oil Lanterns
Lighting an oil lantern is a wonderful way to illuminate your retelling of the story of Hanukkah. As you create a symbolic reminder of the cruse of oil that was found in the ancient temple, you are also creating a new family tradition.
Embracing Racial Diversity in Our Synagogues: Who Are Jews of Color (JOC)
Jews of Color is a pan-ethnic term that is used to identify Jews whose family origins are originally in African, Asian or Latin-American countries. Jews of Color may identify as Black, Latino/a, Asian-American or of mixed heritage such as biracial or multi-racial.
Resources for Embracing Racial Diversity in Our Jewish Communities
Learn more about how to embrace racial diversity in our communities.
Representation Matters: Book Suggestions for a Multicultural Library
As you build a library for young people in your family or synagogue, prioritize books that include diversity, multiculturalism, antiracism, and prejudice reduction. This list of books is a great place to start.
2016 Travel Justly Grant Winners
Congregations across the country have used their Travel Justly grants in a variety of different ways. These are the 2016 Grant Winners!
Give to the URJ
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The Impact of Jewish Summer Camp
In the fall of 2017, the Union for Reform Judaism evaluated whether Reform Movement youth experiences – NFTY, URJ Camps, and congregational teen experiences – have a lasting impression into adulthood, as alumni who embrace Jewish life as a path to meaning, purpose, and joy and shape a more whole, just, and compassion world in our congregations and beyond.
CLASP Fellowship
CLASP Fellows (Camp Leader And Synagogue Professional) are year-round staff that spend the summer at a URJ camp and the academic year in a synagogue.
About the CLASP Fellowship
CLASP stands for Camp Leader and Synagogue Professionals. URJ CLASP Fellowships are a bold and exciting initiative designed to bring the magic of URJ camping into congregations and to bring the children from those congregations into URJ camps.
Hear from our CLASP Fellows
Hear from some recent CLASP Fellows.