Social Justice

40 days of teshuvah - a story of bringing hewish spiritual practice into the fight for racial justice

Why We Need a “Spiritual Co-conspiratorship” for Justice

Yolanda Savage-Narva

July 12, 2021

During the 2020 uprising for Black lives, Yehudah was the lead organizer of the 40 Days of Teshuvah action that created a space of mourning the destruction of Black communities and crying out to the Heavens for spiritual co-conspiratorship in the fight for racial justice.

Tikkun Olam

Social Justice in My Bones

D'Var Torah By: Cantor Evan Kent

June 16, 2021

This week’s parashah deals with all forms of justice: establishment of courts, rules for bearing witness, laws of military engagement, and treatment of captives. Its most quoted line, particularly in the Reform Movement, is Deut. 16:20 - “Tzedek, Tzedek tirdof” (Justice, Justice shall you pursue).

Isaac Hirt Manheimer and wife Ewoenam who founded the UnityEco Village pose among lush greenery with their three young children

Jewish Life Around the World

A Jewish Ecovillage Founder on Celebrating Earth Day in Ghana

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

April 19, 2021

Isaac Hirt-Manheimer is the founder of Unity Ecovillage in Ghana, constructed according to eco-friendly principles that he learned while attending the Green Apprenticeship training program at Kibbutz Lotan in Israel.

Cardboard sign reading WE STAND AGAINST RACISM

Civil Rights & Voting Rights

Announcing the Launch of the Reform Movement's 2021 Racial Justice Campaign: What You Need to Know

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner

Yolanda Savage-Narva

April 6, 2021

This campaign aims to help dismantle systemic racism by educating, inspiring, and empowering individuals and communities to look inwardly to make communal change and outwardly to win legislative change.

Jewish Values

From Struggle to Progress: Reflecting on Women’s History Month 2021

Ally Karpel

March 31, 2021

Each March, dozens of countries across the globe commemorate Women’s History Month as a time to highlight the political, cultural, and socioeconomic achievements of women.