Voices for WRJ: 26 Iyar, 5772
05/18/2012
This week we complete the reading of Vayikra, Leviticus. In Ashkenazi
congregations there is ritual that takes place each time we complete the
public reading of a book of Torah. After the Torah reader reads the
last words of a book in the Torah, before the recitation of the final
blessing of the person doing the aliyah, the entire congregation,
followed by the reader, recites aloud, “Chazak, chazak v’nitchazek—Be
strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened.”
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Big Question: How Do You Honor Your Mother?
05/09/2012
In honor of Mother’s Day, WRJ’s President, Lynn Magid Lazar, and
Executive Director, Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, were asked to pose May’s Big
Question for The Global Day of Jewish Learning.
Their question: “As Jewish law commands us to ‘Honor your Father and
your Mother’, on this Mother’s Day, how do we fulfill our obligation to
honor our mothers? Is there any difference between how we honor our
mothers and how we honor our fathers?” was answered by Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz. Visit WRJ's blog to read the Rabbi's answer and to add your own feedback.
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Women of Reform Judaism and Religious Action Center Respond to Komen Reversal Regarding Planned Parenthood Foundation Reversal
02/03/2012
The following letter was just sent by Rabbi David Saperstein, Director,
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Rabbi Marla Feldman,
Executive Director, Women of Reform Judaism, to Ambassador Nancy Brinker,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Dear Ambassador Brinker,
On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose 900 congregations
across North America encompass 1.5 million Reform Jews, the Central
Conference of American Rabbis, with membership of more than 1800 Reform
rabbis, and the Women of Reform Judaism, which represents more than
65,000 women in nearly 500 women’s groups in North America and around
the world, we thank you and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Foundation for reevaluating and revising your new funding standards and
continuing to make women’s health a top national priority
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Rabbi Marla J. Feldman Named WRJ Executive Director
 10/31/2011
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am delighted to inform you that
Rabbi Marla Feldman has accepted the position of executive director of
Women of Reform Judaism, beginning January 2012. Rabbi Feldman is
currently the director of development of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Previously she served as the director of the Commission on Social Action
of Reform Judaism and the URJ Social Action Department.
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NFTY Thanks WRJ in New Video
 05/10/2011
North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) is just one of the
organizations supported by WRJ’s YES Fund (Youth, Education, &
Special Projects). To thank us for a grant supporting their convention
earlier this year, NFTY created a video which can be viewed here.
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