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The COVID-19 disease has taken so much from humanity over the last few months.
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We are living in an urgent time. As the plague of gun violence persists, immigrants are under attack, and climate change destroys our planet, the Reform movement’s work of bringing justice, unity, and compassion to the world becomes more necessary.
Congress was busy in December. How did social justice issues fare?
Congress’s last week in session in 2019 was dramatic, tense, and consequential for millions of people in America and around the world.
"Our security comes in our solidarity. Our safety comes through our democracy."
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center, made the following remarks at the 2019 URJ Biennial in Chicago.
Only a few short years after the founding of the United States of America, George Washington expressed in an exchange of letters
The Jewish Job I Accepted After College Changed My Life
I knew I wanted to serve the Reform Jewish community in a professional capacity – but despite encouragement from Reform mentors, I knew the rabbinate wasn’t the right place for me to do so.
The internment of the Uyghur community is unjust. We must act to end this horrific persecution.
In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, the religious life of the Uyghur Muslim community has been almost completely destroyed. Between one and three million Uyghur Muslims have been arrested or detained because of their religion, and gov
Why Do We Lobby?
Traveling to Washington D.C., and making your voice heard to the people elected to represent you is exciting, powerful, and impactful.
How You Can Work to Even the Playing Field for Formerly Incarcerated People
With your advocacy, we can work to even the playing field in the job market for returning citizens.
"Love Letters": A Social Action Project Case Study
At a women’s retreat sponsored by Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA, Cory Amron, attorney and president of Women Lawyers On Guard, and Beth Singer, principal of Beth Singer Design, designed a potent social action experience for attendees.