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Reform Movement Responds to Kotel Plan 26 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
In response to Minister of Religious Affairs Naftali Bennett’s announcement yesterday regarding upgrades at the Kotel, the Reform Movement released the following statement: The Kotel is a powerful sy...
Rabbi Rick Jacobs to Speak at 50th Anniversary March on Washington 24 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, will represent the Reform Movement at the 50th Anniversary March on Washington on August 24, 2013 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D...
Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington 23 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am
Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Lincoln Monument to listen as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recited the now-famous words, “I have a dream.” Fifty years ago, some 2...
A Net Gain in Tanzania 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In the northwest corner of Tanzania sits the country’s sole refugee camp. Camp Nyarugusu houses nearly 68,000 refugees, mostly from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many have been at ...
Repetition vs Addition: Melody of M’chal in the Yom Kippur Amidah 22 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
By Cantor Hayley Kobilinsky There may be no better day than Yom Kippur to observe the emphasis achieved by repetition of prayer. Our siddur provides many opportunities throughout the year to highligh...
A Family in Our Community Needs Your Help 21 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
Ethan Kadish is a 13-year-old boy in great need of the Reform Jewish community’s help. On June 29, 2013, the afternoon peace of Shabbat at URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI) in Zionsville, IN, w...
Participate in the Weekend of Twinning 21 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
The RAC is, for the first time, co-sponsoring the Weekend of Twinning with the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and the Islamic Society of North America. Join the largest ‘gathering’ of Muslims and...
Protecting Gay Youth from Dangerous “Therapy” and Marriage Rights for All 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
by Rabbi Stephen D. Gold On Monday, June 24th I visited our Trenton Statehouse. I attended with a group called Garden State Equality, and our purpose that day was to speak with legislators about two...
10 Things I Hate About Malaria 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Ten is a pretty significant number in Judaism. There were the ten plagues of Egypt, there are the Ten Commandments, ten Jews are required to form a minyan, and there are ten generations from both Adam...
Biennial Registration is Open Now! 20 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
General registration opened today for the Union for Reform Judaism’s 2013 72nd North American Biennial, the largest Jewish gathering in North America, taking place Dec. 11-15, 2013, at the San Diego C...
