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Teen Jews of Color Fellowship Empowers Young Leaders
NFTY's Teen Jews of Color Fellowship is a nine-month program that offers leadership development, value building, and deep communal connection by and for Jews of Color. All of these are especially crucial in these challenging times.
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Celebrating the Pioneers of URJ 6 Points Sports Academy: A Hall of Fame Induction
This July, URJ 6 Points Sports Academy commemorated its fifteenth summer by inducting six dedicated individuals into its Hall of Fame. These exceptional lay leaders, faculty, staff, and supporters have played a vital role in shaping the camp into a premier Jewish sports institution in North America.
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At the White House, A Call To Not Be Silent
This Monday, I was honored to be invited to represent Women of Reform Judaism and our Reform Movement at the White House. I attended a convening on conflict-related sexual violence to mark the annual International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Press Releases
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Reform Movement Responds to Trump Rally Shooting
There can be no place for violence, political or otherwise, in our nation.
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Reform Jewish Leaders Applaud Supreme Court Decision Rejecting Challenge to Medication Abortion
In response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine rejecting an attempt to remove mifepristone from the market, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner and Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch released the following statement.
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Rabbi Jonah Pesner Responds to NAACP Statement
Fundamentally, we share a yearning for an end to this war and the horrific suffering of too many innocent civilians. At the same time, many of us in the Jewish community are deeply disappointed in the statement.
This Week's Torah Portion
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Matot - Mas'ei
מַטּוֹת - מַס��עֵי
The Tribes / The Marches of [the Israelites]
Moses spoke to the heads of the Israelite tribes, saying: "This is what the Eternal has commanded: If a householder makes a vow to the Eternal or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must carry out all that has crossed his lips." - Numbers 30:2-3
Torah
Numbers 30:2–36:13Haftarah
Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4When
/ 28 Tammuz 5784Next Week's Torah Portion
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The URJ-ADL Partnership to Combat Antisemitism and Hate
Amid an alarming rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence, the Union for Reform Judaism has joined with the Anti-Defamation League, the world’s leading anti-hate organization, to create a multi-faceted digital resource that provides congregations and individuals with tools to respond to acts of antisemitism and hate in their communities.
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