Reform Jewish Leader Hails New Jersey Supreme Court Case Requiring Equal Rights for Same Sex Couples
Washington, DC, October 25, 2006- In response to today's ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court requiring swift action by the legislature to ensure equal rights for gay and lesbian couples, Rabbi Randi Musnitsky, Regional Director of the Union for Reform Judaism's New Jersey/West Hudson Valley
The Courts Could be a Pathway for Trans Equality
Over the last eight years, we have seen extensive progress towards LGBTQ equality: the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” the naming of the
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Responding to Hate Crimes 18 Years After Matthew Shepard's Passing
Matthew Shepard was a first-year student at the University of Wyoming studying political science and languages. On the night of October 6, 1998, Matthew was tortured, tied up and left to die near the town of Laramie, Wyoming.
Coming Together Against Anti-Semitism: What Will You "Go to the Wall" For?
More than 300 residents, clergy, law enforcement, civil servants, and community dignitaries joined at cemetery of Temple Beth Shalom, which was desecrated with signs of hate – swastikas and rhetoric embraced by Nazis