Reuniting Families and Communities: Aliyah for Ethiopian Jewry
Three years ago, in 2013, my husband David Elcott and I traveled to Ethiopia to witness the airlift of the last of the Ethiopian Jewish community to Israel.
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Reform Movement Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Racial Justice, Condemn Movement for Black Lives Platform Language on Israel
Washington, D.C., August 4, 2016 – In response to the release of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, ARZA: The Association of Reform Zionists of America, the American Conference of Cantors, Men of Reform Judaism, Women of Reform Judaism, and the North American Federation of Temple Youth:
Starting my Year in Israel by Standing Up for Social Justice
This summer, I began my rabbinical school studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Marching with Pride in Jerusalem
Across the world, pride parades are often more than a celebration of the LGBT community; they can be acts of solidarity in the face of discrimination and fear. This was especially true in Jerusalem last week, when 25,000 people marched through the streets of