Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Nick Cannon speaks into a microphone in front of a Religious Action Center banner

In His New Podcast Episode, Nick Cannon Visits the Religious Action Center

Kate Bigam Kaput

December 16, 2020

On the latest episode of his podcast and YouTube show #CannonsClass, actor Nick Cannon takes a field trip to Washington, D.C., to talk Judaism, social justice, and more with the staff of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

Audacious Hospitality

URJ Announces Yolanda Savage-Narva Will Join as Director, Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Contact: Lauren Theodore, LTheodore@URJ.org, 212-650-4154

November 12, 2020

Yolanda Savage-Narva, MSEd. (she/her) will join the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) as Director for Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, a new leadership position.

Racial Justice

RAC Teen Justice Fellowship

RAC teen fellowship programs are learning intensives in community organizing, designed to equip youth leaders with the skills to create change in their home communities. Through our fellowships, high schoolers connect with other social justice leaders from across the country and learn lifelong skills applicable to any issue they are passionate about.

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

URJ to Expand Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Work With $600,000 Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Contact: Lauren Theodore, LTheodore@URJ.org, 212-650-4154

August 12, 2020

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan awarded the URJ a $600,000 multi-year grant to advance Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) within the URJ and the Reform Jewish Movement as a whole.

Closeup of a womans hand thumping her chest as during the reciting of the Al Cheit prayer

Torah Study

An Al Cheit for this Moment in Time

Rabbi Susan Talve

August 10, 2020

I’m praying that these weeks of consolation before the High Holidays will give us the time to confront our sins and respond in ways that will help us to heal from our brokenness and find the courage and resolve to build a better year for all.