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Print The Women’s Rabbinic Network and Women of Reform Judaism congratulate Senator Kamala Harris on her historic election as the first woman Vice President of the United States of America. One...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, N.Y., December 14, 2012 – Friday morning, Israeli police detained four women as they prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The group of 138 men and...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Jerusalem, Israel, March 12, 2013 … Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) leaders today joined Knesset and Women of the Wall (WOW) members to pray at the Jewish holy site...
<? global $_domain;?> Print April 25, 2013, New York, NY — The Reform Movement is encouraged by the Jerusalem District Court’s ruling today that determined that recent detention of Women of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print WASHINGTON, D.C., May 20, 2013 – Vandals today spray-painted hateful graffiti outside of the Jerusalem home of Peggy Cidor, a board member of Women of the Wall....
<? global $_domain;?> Print WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2013 — In response to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on marriage equality in the cases Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, August 19, 2013 … Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)’s 49th Assembly & Centennial Celebration will be a time to celebrate the organization’s...
<? global $_domain;?> Print December 9, 2013, San Diego, CA — Nearly 5,000 Jewish leaders will gather this week for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) North American Biennial and Women of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print December 15, 2013, San Diego, CA — Nearly 5,000 Jewish leaders gathered this week for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) North American Biennial and the Women of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, December 15, 2013 … Blair C. Marks has been elected as President of the distinguished, international Board of Directors of Women of Reform Judaism ...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, March 25, 2014 – As the enrollment level of boys surpasses that of girls for the inaugural summer at the URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, Women of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, May 1, 2014 – In response to yesterday’s vote by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to reject J Street’s...
<? global $_domain;?> Print WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2014 — In response to today’s Senate vote advancing the Paycheck Fairness Act, Rachel Laser, Deputy Director of the Religious...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, March 10, 2015 – Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) has doubled its scholarship fund from its YES (Youth, Education, & Special Projects) Fund to...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, March 18, 2015 - Today we join supporters of democracy around the world in marveling at the vibrancy of Israeli society and the openness of her...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Washington, D.C., March 25, 2015 – On the occasion of the reintroduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act, Rachel Laser, Deputy Director of the Religious Action...
<? global $_domain;?> Print May 13, 2015, Washington D.C. – In advance of today’s House of Representatives vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), Rachel Laser,...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Washington, D.C., January 22, 2015 – Today, we commemorate the 42 nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision...
<? global $_domain;?> Print WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2014 – Today in anticipation of an upcoming vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 84), Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, Executive Director of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, January 16, 2014 – On Wednesday, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Rabbi Marla J....
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, March 25, 2014 – On the occasion of today's oral argument in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc and Conestoga Wood Specialties, Corp. v....
<? global $_domain;?> Print August 25, 2013, New York, NY – In response to Minister of Religious Affairs Naftali Bennett's announcement today regarding upgrades at the Kotel, the...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, June 11, 2013 – Yesterday, the Obama Administration issued an announcement that Plan B will now be made available over-the-counter without age...
<? global $_domain;?> Print October 19, 2012, New York, NY – The following statement was written by WRJ President Lynn Magid Lazar in response to the arrests of women, including Anat...
<? global $_domain;?> Print November 28, 2012, Washington, D.C. – This week, Reform leaders Rabbi David Saperstein and Rabbi Marla J. Feldman sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, November 15, 2012 – WRJ made this statement today: For the past few weeks we have all been affected, either physically or emotionally, by the...
<? global $_domain;?> Print WASHINGTON, D.C., May 20, 2013 – Vandals today spray-painted hateful graffiti outside of the Jerusalem home of Peggy Cidor, a board member of Women of the Wall....
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, June 29, 2015- Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), through its Youth, Education, & Special Projects Fund, has given $370,200 in grants to 19...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Washington, D.C., September 18, 2015 – On September 24, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, Executive Director of Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), will be speaking on behalf...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, November 5, 2015 — Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) has voted to open its membership beyond sisterhoods based in Reform congregations to include any...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, November 10, 2015 … Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)’s 50th Assembly united Reform/Progressive women from across North America and around the world who...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Washington, D.C., November 30, 2015 – In response to the tragic shooting at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, CO last Friday. Rabbi Marla J....
<? global $_domain;?> Print Years of Organized Efforts Yield Significant Victory for Reform Jews, Women of the Wall: New Area to be Under Non-Orthodox Oversight Sunday, January 31, 2016; NEW...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Jerusalem, Israel, February 10, 2016 – Earlier today, religious zealot Itamar Gadassi burned a sacred siddur (prayer book) at the Kotel (the Western Wall) in...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY March 4, 2016 — Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, Ph.D., Director of the Pines School of Graduate Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of...
<? global $_domain;?> Print London, England, April 11, 2016 – A group of Reform and Progressive Jewish women from 15 countries around the world will gather in London, England for the...
<? global $_domain;?> Print WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM RESPONDS TO SUPREME COURT RULING IN CONTRACEPTION ACCESS CASE [New York, NY, May 16, 2016] … “We believe that a woman should have...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, June 15, 2016 – Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), through its Youth, Education, & Special Projects (YES) Fund, has awarded $338,500 in grants to...
<? global $_domain;?> Print [New York, NY, June 16, 2016] … “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.” (Leviticus 19:16) Gun violence has yet again shocked the collective...
<? global $_domain;?> Print [New York, NY, June 23, 2016] … Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), has awarded $20,000 in grants to ten WRJ sisterhoods across North America to underwrite innovative...
<? global $_domain;?> Print [New York, NY, June 27, 2016] … “Providing a woman with dignity begins with protecting her right to make her own medical and family planning decisions.”- Rabbi...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY, June 22, 2017 - Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), through its YES (Youth, Education, & Special Projects) Fund, has awarded $339,300 in grants to...
<? global $_domain;?> Print The Conservative (Masorti) and Reform (Progressive) movements are home to the overwhelming number of Jews in North America. Our communities have long been the...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, NY December 20, 2017 – Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D., have received the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Faculty Award in...
<? global $_domain;?> Print [New York, NY, February 16, 2018] In response to the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, Executive...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Women of Reform Judaism mourns the loss of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., 12 th president of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Dr....
<? global $_domain;?> Print The Rabbi Sally J. Priesand WRJ Award has been established in honor of the 45th anniversary of the ordination of Rabbi Priesand. This award will be given annually...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), through its YES (Youth, Education, & Special Projects) Fund, has awarded $321,000 in grants to 15 programs that...
<? global $_domain;?> Print Upon the confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, Executive Director of Women of Reform Judaism...
<? global $_domain;?> Print New York, New York, March 21, 2019- In response to recent allegations of sexual harassment by Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman,...