Union for Reform Judaism

Are in-marriage and intermarriage equal in Reform Judaism?

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the Union for Reform Judaism, says ‘endogamy as an abstract concept’ isn’t the way to address Jewish continuity.

First Person

How I became a Reform Jew

Announcing her “aliyah” to Reform Judaism at the movement’s biennial, singer Neshama Carlebach says it feels like a homecoming.

At Reform biennial, Netanyahu calls for peaceful solution to Iran, Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to the Union for Reform Judaism biennial conference stressed the importance of peaceful solutions to the Iranian nuclear program and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

United States

Reform slashing its HQ to invest more in youth programs

United States

Donniel Hartman to Reform biennial: Kudos for not abandoning Israel

Culture

At Jewish conferences, it’s food, glorious food

Lifestyle

Reform biennial opening to outsiders in bid to revitalize movement

United States

Free tuition? Jewish preschool leaders say money’s not the problem

Culture

A Reform leader at the Rebbe’s farbrengen

Lifestyle

With more dual-faith families ‘doing both,’ outreach groups reconsidering approach

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