Protecting Civil Rights

The Trump administration proposed policies that allow government agencies, grantees, and contractors to discriminate against employees and beneficiaries on the basis of religion while still receiving federal funding. These policies affect a variety of areas including health care, social services, federal contractors, and child welfare agencies and, in many cases, will authorize discrimination against religious minorities, LGBTQ people, and women. As Jews, we know that state-sanctioned discrimination quickly becomes a stain on the nation and believe that the government should never discriminate using taxpayer funding.

What's New

LGBTQ+ Equality

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Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility: Why the Senate Must Pass the Equality Act

March 30, 2021

Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee held the first-ever Senate hearing on the Equality Act, a landmark bill that would add nondiscrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights law.

Racial Justice

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Owning Our Racial Equity Work Ahead: Three Things We Must Do

January 14, 2021

In the video “Owning Our Racial Equity Work Ahead,” Yolanda Savage-Narva, the Union for Reform Judaism’s director of Racial, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI), calls on each of us in the Jewish community to do three things.

Advocacy

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Justice, Justice Shall We Pursue: Resources for Action after the Capitol Insurrection

January 13, 2021

The Union for Reform Judaism shares resources for use in congregations and Jewish communities, as well as by families and individual, in our shared pursuit of justice.