International Religious Freedom

Red Chinese flag and blue Uyghur flag lying atop one another

From Empathy to Action: Raising Our Voices for Uyghur Freedom

Courtney Cooperman

March 25, 2021

This Passover, we turn our attention to the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China, one of today’s most horrific human rights crises. Roughly 12 million Uyghurs live in Xinjiang Province, a region in northwestern China.

Social Justice

This Purim, Make Noise to Protest Modern-Day Hamans

Rabbi David Wirtschafter

February 22, 2021

We know that religious freedom is not a lesson from ancient stories, but an ongoing quest even today. While many of us are fighting antisemitism in our home countries, we are also in solidarity with the Rohingya people, who have been persecuted for decades.

Current Events

Watch "Healing, Hope, Action," a Reform Jewish Gathering after the U.S. Capitol Insurrection

Kate Bigam Kaput

January 8, 2021

Before the start of Shabbat, the Reform Jewish community hosted a live webinar, "Healing, Hope, Action: A Reform Movement Pre-Shabbat Gathering," sharing a Jewish framing for what we’re experiencing communally and as a country.

International Religious Freedom

What Does the Magna Carta's Legacy Have to Do with Today's Judaism?

Sarah Greenberg

June 15, 2015

June 15, 1215,is one of the most well-known days in Western history. Eight hundred years ago today, in Runnymede, England, King John signed Magna Carta (the Great Charter), a nascent constitution/bill of rights for English nobility. Magna Carta maintains an

International Religious Freedom

The Fight for Religious Freedom Continues: Wise Words from the National Prayer Breakfast

Claire Shimberg

February 9, 2015

On Friday morning, President Obama spoke at the 63^rd annual National Prayer Breakfast. The breakfast was attended by legislators, officials and clergy, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and our new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.