Voices for WRJ: 24 Shevat, 5772
02/17/2012
The word mishpatim means "law or "ordinance" and this week's parashah, Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18), contains a series of laws for the people of Israel; laws running the gamut from civil and criminal, to religious and secular. This parashah, with its twenty-three imperative and thirty prohibitive laws, creates a legal framework intended to help the Israelites move from a nation of slaves to a nation of free individuals.
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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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Women of Reform Judaism joins with the Religious Action Center in response to Komen's De-Funding of Planned Parenthood
02/01/2012
Rabbis Saperstein and Feldman: “We urge you to use your leadership in
Komen for the Cure to reinstate funding to PPFA for breast cancer
screening, to reconsider the standard by which the organization makes
funding decisions, and to continue to fight for the health and lives of
women everywhere.”
Contact: Sean Thibault or Katharine Nasielski
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Washington,
D.C., February 1, 2012- This afternoon, Rabbi David Saperstein,
Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Rabbi
Marla Feldman, Executive Director of the Women of Reform Judaism, sent a
letter to Ambassador Nancy Brinker, the founder and CEO of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure. The full text of the letter can be accessed by clicking the headline.
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Winter 2012 WRJ eNewsletter
01/17/2012
Read our newest enewsletter, hot off the press! Stories include a message from WRJ President, Lynn Magid Lazar, the first Executive Director's Report from Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, and an update on some wonderful work being done by our sisters in South Africa.
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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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YES Fund Contributions are Making an Impact Around the World.
08/29/2010
Recently, WRJ contributed $18,000 from the YES Fund to initiate a
pilot program with the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism.
This article will show you the incredible impact your YES Fund contributions are making around the world.
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