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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: A Message from Rabbi Rick Jacobs
For many, summer is a season of travel and that’s certainly true for me right now. Last week I was in Chicago, where I had the pleasure of meeting with a number of my rabbinic colleagues, synagogue professionals, and lay leaders in congregat...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 2:07pm -07:00T (486 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Internet Round-Up: The Best Jewish Stories on the Web
Here are just a few of the recent stories from across the webosphere that speak directly to (and about) Reform Jews. What Jewish stories have you been reading recently? Leave a comment and let us know!
“Congregation Needs To Be Involved in Isra...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 11:51am -07:00T (519 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: And Now It’s Time for a Biennial Update…
We want to share a few exciting updates about the URJ Biennial, happening December 11-15 in San Diego. Every day, it seems, another key piece falls into place!
Registration will open in July. Keep an eye out for more information about how to regi...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 3:36pm -07:00T (492 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Observations from a Bar Mitzvah Family Meeting in Columbus
by Rabbi Misha Zinkow
It was evident to me when I sat down with the Greens that Isaac was not a happy camper. I’ve known him since he was about 4; he’s a great kid, an upbeat and cheerful child, and the son of communally-active and highly eng...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 11:06am -07:00T (714 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Appreciating Water in the Desert
By Al Tanenbaum
This week’s Torah portion, Chukat, is uncommonly rich with themes of life, death, leadership, and faith. Most often it is thought of for its nearly impenetrable and detailed commandment for using the ashes of an unblemished cow f...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 2:37am -07:00T (795 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Facing the Worst-Kept Synagogue Secret
Do you want to know the worst-kept synagogue secret? It is not about politics at the pulpit or the fact that most Jews do not regularly attend Shabbat services. No, the worst kept synagogue secret is that almost 90% of the young people who become ...
Dateline: 2013-06-11 6:06am -07:00T (567 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: The Journey is the Destination
by Marilyn Price
Last week, Thursday through Shabbat, I had the privilege of attending my first URJ Board of Governors meeting in Brooklyn, N.Y. That set of meetings was bookended with three days hiking the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut and New...
Dateline: 2013-06-10 10:37am -07:00T (802 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Finding Openness and Acceptance in NFTY
by Jenn L.
Three years ago, I was your typical high school freshman. I kept my head down, didn’t voice too many controversial opinions, and mostly just tried to fit in. One subject I was not silent about, however, was equal rights for the LGBTQ ...
Dateline: 2013-06-10 8:36am -07:00T (416 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Not All Disabilities are Visible
I recently saw the video “I am Brianna Couture” (with thanks to the Ruderman Family Foundation blog Zeh Lezeh for bringing it to my attention). It’s a video meant to open our eyes to the notion of invisible disabilities.
After watching, I go...
Dateline: 2013-06-07 6:36am -07:00T (336 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Reform Movement Welcomes Sec. Kerry’s Prioritization of Middle East Peace
Today, in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks Monday at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
Secretary Kerry’s rousing...
Dateline: 2013-06-06 9:06am -07:00T (331 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: What We’ve Learned from the Consultancy on Youth Engagement
Last fall, the URJ received a matching grant from The Jim Joseph Foundation to support the development of a strategic plan for youth engagement. Over the past four months we have been intensively working with two consulting firms to develop this p...
Dateline: 2013-06-06 6:51am -07:00T (322 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: The Music of Un’taneh Tokef
By Cantor Lisa Levine
Ask any Cantor which prayers cause the most emotional reaction during the High Holy Days for both clergy and congregation, and the answer will undoubtedly include “Un’taneh Tokef.” After all, in the first paragraph we ...
Dateline: 2013-06-06 2:36am -07:00T (735 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: A Response to Paul Steinberg’s “The Redemption of Hebrew School Redux”
by Michelle Shapiro Abraham, MAJE
From the first moment that we read “And God spoke and the world came to be,” we Jews have known the power of language. As it was with the creation of the world, so too it is with Jewish education – we need ...
Dateline: 2013-06-05 3:51pm -07:00T (946 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Our Temple President Just turned 40!
by Rabbi Erin Polansky
Our temple president just turned 40 – but those are not words commonly heard in synagogue boardrooms. In his second year of leadership and our congregation’s second year of existence, Neshamah Congregation’s president ...
Dateline: 2013-06-03 6:21am -07:00T (598 words)
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RJ.org - News and Views of Reform Jews: Big News Out of Israel!
Israel’s Religious Services Ministry announced today that state-employed neighborhood rabbis may be phased out and funds would be given to communities for rabbis of their own choice, including non-Orthodox rabbis. The ministry plan also call...
Dateline: 2013-05-30 4:51pm -07:00T (127 words)
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