URJ Announces April Baskin Will Join URJ Leadership Team as Vice President of Audacious Hospitality
July 8, 2015, New York, NY - Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi Rick Jacobs announced today that April Baskin will join the URJ's executive leadership team as Vice President of Auda
Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Proposed Nuclear Agreement with Iran
Contact: Lauren Theodore at 212-650-4154
New York, NY, July 14, 2015 - In response to today's announcement by the P5+1 and Iran, leaders of the Reform Jewish Movement issued the following statement.
Reform Movement Appaulds Bipartisan Compromise on Senate Rules Reform
Saperstein: "While the compromise fails to address the unprecedented increase in the use of legislative filibusters, we are hopeful that this debate served as a wakeup call to the Senate.
Rollback of Reproductive Rights, Tone of Debate Must Change
Rabbi Saperstein: "We will continue to sound a strong, moral, Jewish voice for the full range of reproductive rights -- including the right to a safe and affordable abortion, the right to comprehensive sex education, and the right to accessible and affordable cont
House Vote to Repeal Health Reform Deeply Troubling
Pelavin: While we are pleased that the Senate is unlikely to consider this legislation, we nonetheless call on all Members of Congress to focus on legislative priorities that reflect our nation's commitment to life, liberty and happiness - none of which are possible wit
Troubling Comments Continue to Erode Public Discourse: Saperstein
Rabbi Saperstein: "Gov. Bentley and Rep. Cohen's comments, though different in context and word, erode the atmosphere of civility and open-mindedness that is indispensable to the health of our democracy."
Jewish Leader urges Death Penalty Repeal in Illinois
Saperstein: "It is clear that the application of the death penalty has, for far too long, been unfair; the racial and class disparities among those sentenced to death as compared to those who receive life imprisonment are stark."
Jewish Leader Calls on Gov. Palin to Retract "Blood Libel" Statement
Pelavin: "The 'blood libel' stirred hatred and violence against Jews; it contributed to massacres, pogroms and banishments. These are events very different in kind and degree than the criticism to which Gov. Palin is being subjected."
Deadly Attack Against Rep. Giffords and Others Leaves Reform Movement Pained
Rabbi Saperstein: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a remarkable public servant shot while meeting with constituents today."
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