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Union for Reform Judaism

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African Americans

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, center, is seen during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 21, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Three Jewish streams call on Trump to fire Stephen Miller for white supremacist views

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at the Reform movement's Consultation on Conscience in Washington, May 21, 2019. (Photo/Courtesy of the Religious Action Center)
Posted inU.S.

It’s a Democratic lovefest at a Reform movement policy conference

by JTA and Ron Kampeas May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
The lake at URJ Kutz Camp and one of the camp's iconic "pagodas"
Posted inUncategorized

Saying goodbye to Kutz Camp, Reform Judaism’s ‘forever home’

Lisa Silverstein Tzur by Lisa Silverstein Tzur December 3, 2018December 3, 2018
Screenshot of Facebook live video of a protest by the IfNotNow group at the San Francisco office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Posted inOpinion

Why didn’t they teach me about the Occupation? It’s time for NFTY to speak out.

Katie Simpson by Katie Simpson April 26, 2018April 27, 2018
Delegates to the URJ 2017 biennial in Boston included 6,000 Reform Jews from 500 congregations.
 (Photo/Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inOpinion

It’s time to rethink liberal Judaism. Here’s my plan.

Steven Windmueller by Steven Windmueller January 19, 2018January 18, 2018
Rabbi Rick Jacobs ( center), head of North America's Union for Reform Judaism, and other non-Orthodox Jews clashing with security guards at the entrance to the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash 90)
Posted inNews

Four ways Israeli and American Jews grew apart in 2017

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 20, 2017March 19, 2018
A view of the Western Wall during Sukkot 2015 (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-AFP-Gil Cohen)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., News

Reform leaders rethinking donations to Israel, says Palo Alto-based URJ chair

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 6, 2017March 19, 2018
a crowd of women at the wall holding torahs etc
Posted inIsrael, U.S., News

Suspension of Western Wall deal leaves Jewish leaders feeling betrayed

Ben Sales by Ben Sales June 26, 2017March 19, 2018

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