Tonight is erev Tu Bish’vat, marking the beginning of the Jewish new year for trees. On this holiday, we consider our moral obligation and tremendous responsibility to share the fruits of God’s earth with all. Now, more than ever, we must take the essential steps of reducing the environmental impact of our own communities as [...]
I’ve always been more of a words person than a math gal, but sometimes, numbers are more powerful than words could ever be. This Jewish Disability Awareness Month, let’s talk statistics: 8 percent: The average unemployment rate of the total U.S. population 13.5 percent: The average unemployment rate of Americans with disabilities 54 million: The [...]
This post was written by RAC Legislative Assistant Ian Hainline as part of the Union for Reform Judaism’s “Ten Minutes of Torah” series. It may only be February, but the climax of (at least my childhood’s version) of the story of Passover is the subject of this week’s Torah portion. Moses, in a scene worthy of any [...]
The Union for Reform Judaism and 52 other organizations, which together make up the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE), sent a letter last week to Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, opposing Part B of the “Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act.” This draft legislation released by the [...]
