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Taking Solace in Our Partners: Women's Rabbinic Network

Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman

Sometimes it feels as if everything has changed since October 7. The brutality of the attacks and the devastation of the war have stunned us. The silence of those we once called friends and the abandonment by those we considered allies have left us reeling.

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The Importance of Representation

Noralee Zwick

One of the most consistent parts of my life has been my identity as a Jew. For the last nine years, I have spent my Sunday mornings at synagogue; in 2020, I graduated from religious school student to staff. I have spent many of my summers at URJ Camp Newman

On Comprehensive Reproductive Care and Supporting Israel

Debbie Friedman

Women of Reform Judaism was proud to bring together nearly 350 participants to Washington D.C. for our inaugural Rabbi Marla J. Feldman Social Justice Conference. After three days full of sisterhood, spirituality, and social justice, most attendees travelled

The Living and Breathing Embodiments of WRJ's Mission

Rachel Ciraldo

On April 7, after completing my lobby visits, I strolled through the Botanical Gardens and then the National Gallery of Art. As I completed my Smithsonian visits and exited the museum, I looked back at the clean, sharp white lines of the Capitol building

Inside the Inaugural L'Taken Canada

Kara Weiner
Over the weekend of March 28-31, 2025, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), in partnership with Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) and the Reform Jewish Community of Canada, was thrilled to hold the inaugural L’Taken Canada program!

Judaism Beyond Israel

Hayley Nachshon

I was born and raised in Israel, but when I was around six years old, my family moved to North Carolina, making us the first generation of my family to live in the United States. The move brought with it a wave of uncertainty, especially when it came to my

Supporting Our Israeli Reform Movement Partners

Judy Wexler

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of traveling to Israel to represent Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) with WRJ CEO Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch. While it is a difficult time to be in the country, it was an opportunity to visit with several of WRJ’s Israeli Reform

Embracing Judaism in High School

Abigail Streger

My hands now fidget with my hostage dog tag, cool metal against burning skin, reminding me that this twisted reality is far more than a satirical nightmare. I will never be able to return to the innocent naïveté that existed before October 7, 2023. Black and

At the White House, A Call To Not Be Silent

Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch
This Monday, I was honored to attend a convening on conflict-related sexual violence to mark the annual International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

We Will Not Be Silent: An Israel Mission Recap

Rabbi Lisa Delson

Ein Milim - there are no words. Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on a mid-February day in any other year, one would be met with the sights and sounds of people greeting their loved ones, lines of tour busses waiting for excited passengers, pilgrims