Making Amends: A Message for Yom Kippur 5784 By Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaismand Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman, Chair of the URJ North American BoardIn the Mishnah, our ancient code of Jewish law, we learn: “For transgressions against God,...
Rosh HaShana: Following Our Hearts and Forgiving Mistakes By: Madeline Barenboim - 2023-2024 Religious and Cultural Vice President of BOFTY (Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, FL), from her Rosh HaShana d'var Torah For me, Judaism has always been a big part of my...
Na’aseh V’Nishma: How We Move the Reform Jewish Youth Movement Forward By: Lauren Stock, organizer on the URJ Youth Organizing Team As we finish another school year and welcome in a new community of NFTY leadership, we are launching a listening campaign across...
How a Community Grows Great By: Ariel Eisen, NFTY-SW President 2022-2023 One day, he was walking along the road when he saw a certain man planting a carob tree. Honi said to him: This tree, after how many years will it bear fruit? The man said to him: It will...