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Election Protection: Your 2020 Toolkit
One of our most important rights as Americans is the right to vote, and election officials have a duty to ensure that ever eligible vote is counted. When election officials take the time to count and verify every ballot, that’s a sign that our democracy is working.
URJ Announces April Baskin Will Join URJ Leadership Team as Vice President of Audacious Hospitality
Contact: Lauren Theodore, 212-650-4154
July 8, 2015, New York, NY - Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi Rick Jacobs announced today that April Baskin will join the URJ's executive leadership team as Vice President of Auda
Announcing the Hire of April Baskin, URJ Vice President of Audacious Hospitality
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, announced today that April Baskin will join the URJ's executive leadership team as Vice President of Audacious Hospitality. Baskin's role is crucial to the ongoing implementation of the URJ's strategic 2020 Vision plan, and the final staffing decision within a realignment of executive roles that is structured around the 2020 Vision's core priorities of strengthening congregations, audacious hospitality, and tikkun olam (social justice).
Audacious hospitality is the URJ's focused effort to engage seekers - Jews who are unaffiliated, under-engaged, and, in some cases, uninspired - in the sacred work of creating a world of wholeness, compassion, and justice. Congregations and other Reform institutions can play an indispensable role in attracting and serving those looking for ways to connect with their Jewish identity.
As URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs put it recently, "No more than 50% of American Jews are members of synagogues at any one time. Unless we change our approach, there is little chance that Jews in their twenties and thirties will even enter the revolving door of synagogue affiliation. Hoping is not a strategy; the Jewish world needs new approaches for engaging the future. Together we will shape the strategies that will broaden and deepen our movement."
Lifting the “Global Gag Rule” Once and For All
Earlier this month, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced an effort to repeal the “global gag rule,” which blocks all U.S. foreign aid to international family planning agencies that provide abortions or even mention abortion as an option for clients seeking health care. Formally known as the Mexico City Policy, the global gag rule has vast, harmful effects on women around the world who rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for these services.
From L’Taken to Machon Kaplan and Beyond: My Advocacy for LGBT Equality
By Abby Kirshbaum
When I was in 10th grade, I attended the Religious Action Center’s L’Taken Seminar with my confirmation class. On the last day of the trip we got to lobby to one of our senators on an issue that appealed most to us. Little did I know, the legislation in which I lobbied, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), would become such a huge part of my life.
Reform Jewish Leader Relieved at Jonathan Pollard Parole Decision
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Jonathan Edelman
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Torah as Our Guide and Companion
Parashat Lech L’cha is the beginning of the story of the Jewish people. Yet, what can we call a beginning?
Meet the 2020-2021 Eisendrath Legislative Assistants
As our society navigates unprecedented challenges, we are eager to join in the pursuit of justice that is integral to the Reform Movement.
Reform Movement Appalled by Stabbing at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, Calls for Investigation
Contact: Max Rosenblum or Jordan Dashow
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Florence Adler Swims Forever
Protecting children from harmful news is a natural parental instinct, but matriarch Esther Adler goes to extremes in Florence Adler Swims Forever, a novel based on a real-life incident in