Dowling, a high school junior, led a voter registration drive at her school in Atlanta, and handed out more than 400 voter guides.
“Judaism and the Jewish people have survived for 2,000 years because we were able to adapt, and this is another moment of adaptation.”
“To create a more just and equitable world, we must see the humanity in one another.”
“It is an extreme agreement that will bar the liberal Jewish Zionist movements and organizations from all positions of influence.”
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“The language of shrinkage, that’s not the language to describe the reality of Jewish life today. Change is the language. Adapting is the language.”
The big issue that still divides the movements is interfaith marriage.
“The question is not so much will there be a URJ but what is its new purpose and how big does it need to be to achieve its goals?”
“The long-term viability of the URJ is at risk if we do not reduce personnel costs further.”
“It’s hard for me to look at my kids without choking up,” said the Union for Reform Judaism’s director of summer camp experiences.