North American Reform Movement Urges Labor Party to Keep Gaza Withdrawal, Religious Freedom as Priorities in Coalition Negotiations
AUGUST 10-Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, is urging the Labor Party to remain steadfast in its commitment to the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and to protect recent advances in religious freedom in the current negotiations over whether the party will join Prime M
“Hatikvah:” One of the Greatest Anthems Ever Written
Learn about “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, which has several surprises connected to its words and music.
Happy New Year! Check out the Reform Movement's Top 18 Stories of 2017
What a year it’s been. With 2018 fast-approaching, we’ve rounded up the top 18 Reform Movement stories of 2017, listed below in somewhat chronological order.
A River Flows from Eden: Rabbi Rick Jacobs' Address to the URJ Biennial
This movement’s task, in this moment, is to nurture the natural waterways that connect us. To keep our congregations the strong sources of life they have always been and will always be.
Read Rabbi Rick Jacobs' D'var Torah to the URJ Biennial 2017
This d'var Torah for Parashah Vayeishev was presented before the 74th Union for Reform Judaism Biennial convention on Saturday, December 9.