The Promise of the ADA Restored: Reform Movement Applauds President's Enactment of Disability Rights Bill
Rabbi Landsberg: “As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we pray for a sweet new year in which the dreams of inclusion and equality will be realized.”
Reform Movement Commends Senate Lifting of Family Planning "Global Gag Rule"
Reform Rabbis Make Moral Calls to ICE to Stay Deportations
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Reform Jewish Movement Applauds House Support for International Family Planning Programs
Feldman: In a world where a new case of HIV is contracted every 7 seconds, and a woman dies from a pregnancy-related complication every minute, we cannot afford to deprive families of life-saving resources.
Israel PM Olmert Responds to Saperstein Letter
He writes, “I agree with you that we have lately been witnessing very disturbing increase in manifestations of political violence, both verbal and physical … in Israeli society.”
Rabbi Saperstein Submits Testimony on Hate Crimes and Domestic Extremism
Rabbi Saperstein: "Violent domestic extremism not only threatens Jews, Muslims, and the LGBT community, but is a threat to our national security as a whole."
Reform Jewish Leader Addresses Senate Press Conference on SCHIP
Namath: I ask you to join me in making a new year’s resolution. Let us resolve to do better for 10 million of our children. Let us provide them with the health care they deserve by covering them through SCHIP.
Seventy-Five Reform Jewish Congregations Swab for Bone Marrow Donors this High Holiday Season with Gift of Life
Feinberg: "We are thrilled about this opportunity to offer Reform congregations the tools they need to participate in the greatest mitzvah of all, pikuach nefesh, saving a life during this special time of year."
DC Plan to Fund Religious Mission Violates First Amendment
Saperstein: "The District of Columbia’s plan to provide funding to the Central Union Mission, a pervasively sectarian institution, is an egregious breach of the separation between church and state."
Burning of Bibles a Desecration of Jewish State's Values
Yoffie, Knobel, Saperstein: These actions are contrary to Jewish values, and demonstrate an utter disregard for the tolerance and mutual understanding that are essential if people of different faiths are to live together in harmony.