URJ Receives $5 Million Gift From Heller Family To Enhance Transformational NFTY-EIE High School in Israel Program
New York, NY, October 19, 2016 – The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) announced today that the Heller family of Scotch Plains, NJ, has made an endowment gift of $5 million to fund the NFTY-EIE High School in Israel Program, which is being renamed URJ Heller High: Isaac and Helaine Heller EIE High School in Israel. This is the largest gift in EIE history, and the URJ’s largest non-capital gift.
Reform Movement Condemns Reprehensible Tel Aviv Bus Attack
Reform Jewish Leadership Statement: Black Lives Matter is a Jewish Value
Black Lives Matter is a Jewish Value: A Statement from Reform Jewish Movement Leadership
URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy’s Jo-Ellen Unger is First Camp Director to Receive Prestigious ARJE Distinguished Educator Honor
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) proudly announces that Jo-Ellen Unger, RJE, has been named a 2020 Distinguished Educator by the Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE). Unger, the founding director of the URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, is the first camp director to receive this recognition.
Reform Jewish Movement Denounces Supreme Court Decision Allowing Government Funding of Religious Education
Reform Movement Applauds Supreme Court Decision Preserving DACA
LGBTQ+ Jewish Leaders Featured in Wholly Jewish, A ReformJudaism.org Podcast
ReformJudaism.org, the flagship website of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), reaching more than three million visitors annually, has launched season two of its podcast Wholly Jewish. Just in time for Pride Month, this season will continue to celebrate its diversity by sharing stories from Jewish members of the LGBTQ+ community.