(RNS) — A growing number of Democrats, and a growing number of American Jews, no longer want the U.S. to issue Israel a blank check.

This harmful amendment would eliminate U.S. aid to Israel, damaging both U.S. interests in the Middle East as well as Israel’s long-term security.

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In response to the Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Barbara upholding birthright citizenship, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner released the following statement on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, Central...

How Reform Jews in the US and Israel are linked in a shared fight

Over the past two weeks, the fight for medication abortion access has reignited in the federal court system.

Jewish Americans are facing an unprecedented rise in antisemitism, particularly since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war. Congress must take immediate, dir...

This morning, Canadians awoke to the news that another Jewish institution had been attacked. Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal, a historic Reform synagogue and spiritual home to generations of J...

The goal is 'bringing Israeli and Diaspora peers together in authentic relationships in joyfully Jewish spaces,' URJ's Melissa Frey says

We do this sacred work because we are both proudly patriotic American Jews and proud Zionists.

Acknowledging that two things can be true at once is a Jewish value, writes a rabbi.

As part of the URJ’s ongoing commitment to the safety and health of every person in our community, we are pleased to announce that Marlo Goldstein Hode, LL.M., Ph.D., has been retained as the new Ombu...

A new Ohio law requires mail-in ballots be received by county board of elections offices by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day.

"By narrowing how states can use race when drawing electoral maps, today’s ruling undermines the voting rights of people and communities of Color."

One candidate, Don J. Grundmann, accused Israel of assassinating Charlie Kirk, perpetrating 9/11 and planning to “suitcase nuke” the United States

Koch died after a short battle with stomach cancer.

We are watching with concern the Department of Justice’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice.

Clergy from all movements are coming together to insist on stronger policies to support LGBTQ+ Jews

The Reform Movement strongly condemns the Knesset’s passage of the “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law”.

Rabbi Jonah Pesner has a hefty job as the leader overseeing 850 Reform congregations across North America, keeping social justice and Jewish community top of mind.

At the Bernard and Audre Rapoport L'Taken Social Justice Seminars, teens from across North America converge on Washington, DC for four days of advocacy and action.

On March 16, 2026, a dark turning point occurred. MK Avi Maoz’s bill that grants sole control over the Kotel as a whole – including the egalitarian section - to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Chief Rabbi...

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, senior vice president at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, tells ABC News that synagogues spend millions of dollars on security.