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Fast Forward Union for Reform Judaism pledges to divest millions from fossil fuel industry
The Union for Reform Judaism's pledge is one of the highest-profile climate actions ever taken by a Jewish organization
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Fast Forward Jewish groups are fighting a new Texas law that allows unlicensed chaplains to replace school guidance counselors
Texas school boards must vote by March 1 on whether to allow the switch
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News Reform movement unveils new logos and ‘artistic, abstract’ branding
The Union for Reform Judaism and Religious Action Center have new logos that feature creative lettering rather than Jewish iconography
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Fast Forward Current and former members of the Union for Reform Judaism call for cease-fire
'In the URJ, we were really taught to support oppressed people, and stop genocide,' said the author of the letter, signed by more than 1,000 people
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Fast Forward David Ellenson, leading Jewish scholar and former HUC president, dies at 76
Ellenson helped shape the Reform movement during his tenure as president of Hebrew Union College
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News ‘Are you a Jew?’ To serve on a synagogue board, increasingly the answer can be ‘no’
As more non-Jews join synagogue boards, more congregations are asking whether they should be considered for other leadership roles
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News Citing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a South Carolina rabbi plans to move
Rabbi Greg Kanter was one of the first out gay rabbis in the United States
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News Reform Jews say they’ve created their first New York City burial society
50 volunteers will follow the intricate Jewish laws governing the preparation of a Jewish body for burial
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian
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News Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
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News 100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: פֿאַר וואָס מײַן בוך וועגן מײַן אייגענעם יציאת־מצרים וועט זײַן אויף ייִדישVideo: Why my book about my own ‘Exodus’ from the Hasidic community will be in Yiddish
שפֿרה־קריינדל לאָווען האָפֿט אַז איר בוך וועט העלפֿן חסידים וואָס האָבן מורא צו מאַכן דעם איבערגאַנג
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Fast Forward Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy