Our Successful Approach to Growing Our Biennial Delegation
Learn how one congregation more than doubled the size of its Biennial delegation.
A URJ Update on Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
We are reaching out to all Reform-affiliated congregations in the affected area to provide assistance as appropriate.
How to Ready Your Young Child for Yom Kippur
How and Why I’m So Committed to Teaching My Kids to Value Diversity
Now that I’m a parent, teaching my children about racism, classism, and homophobia is as important to me as teaching them about their 5,000-year-old Jewish heritage.
Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution
Karl Marx! The name conjures up an intimidating bearded revolutionary intent on violently overthrowing society. Shlomo Avineri, professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University, shatters that conception in his superb new biography.
Can Challah Braiding Help a Teen Become a Future Rabbi?
Youth engagement is not merely youth being at programs or feeling a part of the community. Nor, conversely, is it merely attending a class or having knowledge and skills. True engagement requires finding the dynamic tension between these two processes.
Chocolate Chip Nut Cake
Moist, with a bit of crumbling on the fork, this cake is a perennial favorite, and has been shared time and again in local cookbooks.
5 Jewish Ways to Help After Hurricane Harvey
Recovery for a storm of this magnitude will take months, if not years. We are working hard to provide resources to affected families, and we encourage you to do the same.
What's in a (Jewish) Name?
Our family rejected one name’s legacy of slavery for another’s possible intimation of anti-Semitism. It was a small, quiet act of brit olam, our vision for a world filled with justice and compassion.