The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate
At almost 750 pages long, it’s is a very big book, one that contains 66 essays and personal reflections. The length isn’t a surprise, actually, when you realize that the scope of the book spans four decades of women in the rabbinate: 40 years, the amount of time it took our Israelite ancestors to reach the Promised Land.
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a lively look at the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, co-authors Shana Knizhnik, a law student, and Irin Carmon, a reporter for MSNBC, mix chatty stories, photographs, charts, letters, and cartoons with legal decisions to illustrate the illustrious career of the first Jewish woman Supreme Court justice.
The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel
In the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which Israel came close to losing, a traumatized Israeli public demanded to know how Israel’s Mossad failed to detect that war was imminent, given a massive buildup of Egyptian forces along the Suez Canal and Syrian troops on the Golan Heights.
Reform Movement Mourns the Loss of Terror Victims in Bulgaria
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)
Sotloff Murder Underscores ISIS Threat, Demanding Global Response
September 2, 2014, New York, NY -- Upon hearing about the tragic murder of journalist Steven Sotloff, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs made the following statement:
Reform Leaders Commend President Obama's Commitment to Stopping the Spread of ISIS
September 12, 2014, New York, NY -- In response to President Obama's announcement of an expanded military effort against ISIS, Reform Movement leaders issued the following statement:
Reform Congregations Open Their Doors for the High Holidays
September 19, 2014, New York, NY - In preparation for the upcoming High Holiday season, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) is actively engaging those who seek spiritual nourishment.
ReformJudaism.org Launches Wholly Jewish, A New Podcast About Jewish Identity
The Wholly Jewish podcast from ReformJudaism.org explores what we all have in common as we live and balance complex and nuanced identities. It’s these varied identities that, when braided together, make us wholly ourselves – and “Wholly Jewish.”