URJ News
- URJ Statement on Funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Yesterday’s congressional vote funding the vital Nonprofit Security Grant Program is a positive step. But it’s not enough to meet the scope of the challenge we face.
- Reform Movement Condemns Supreme Court Decision Undermining Voting Rights
"By narrowing how states can use race when drawing electoral maps, today’s ruling undermines the voting rights of people and communities of Color."
- URJ Statement on the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
We are watching with concern the Department of Justice’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- Union for Reform Judaism Names Rabbi Esther Lederman to Lead Jewish Life & Leadership, a Visionary New Program Team
The Union for Reform Judaism announced today that Rabbi Esther Lederman will lead its newly established program team, Jewish Life & Leadership, strategically consolidating several of the URJ's core program teams into a single, integrated effort.
- URJ Statement on AIPAC, Campaign Rhetoric, and Antisemitism
We are deeply concerned by efforts to single out AIPAC as a particularly malign influence in campaign finance.
- Reform Movement Statement on the “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law”
The Reform Movement strongly condemns the Knesset’s passage of the “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law”.
- URJ Statement on Attack on Temple Israel of West Bloomfield, MI
The Union for Reform Judaism is deeply saddened and alarmed by the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI. Our hearts are with the injured, heroic security officer, the congregation, and especially the children and educators whose day was pierced by antisemitic violence.
- Reform Movement Statement on War Against Iran
At this perilous moment, we stand in solidarity with our Israeli siblings – including soldiers of the IDF – American service members, and all innocent civilians throughout the region who are in harm’s way.
- 1,100+ Jewish Clergy Launch Global Campaign for Transgender Rights
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Keshet mobilize leaders from 48 states to affirm the "sacred humanity" of LGBTQ+ individuals
- Reform Movement Condemns Knesset Vote to Criminalize Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall
The Reform Movement unequivocally condemns the preliminary vote in the Israeli Knesset to advance legislation that would criminalize egalitarian Jewish worship at the Western Wall.