Stay Informed
At the Union for Reform Judaism website you will find links to news media and educational resources that will provide you with the facts you need to speak intelligently about the issues.

Speak out
Contact government officials who have been supportive of Israel, particularly the President, and let those who are not supportive know how you feel. E-mail President Bush . Find your legislators' e-mail addresses In the subject line write "Thank you for your support of Israel."

Be generous
Donate to the Israel Emergency Campaign.The United Jewish Communities (UJC) has launched the Israel Crisis Fund in response to the ongoing terrorist threat against Israel. In the short term, money is earmarked to help the most vulnerable populations in Israel’s besieged north, chiefly children, seniors and the disabled, and new immigrants.

The Union for Reform Judaism's 2006 Israel Emergency Fund helps Israeli children in Northern communities to youth villages in the central region, assists Magen David Adom in providing medical treatment and counseling to Israelis 

Demonstrate your support
participating in marches and rallies and visiting Israel.

Go to Israel
Get more information on Reform Movement Solidarity Missions to Israel.

ARZA is the Zionist arm of the Reform Movement and an affiliate of the Union for Reform Judaism, serving 1.5 million Reform/Progressive Jews. ARZA is the vehicle for the mass participation of American Reform Jews, focusing on Israel, with an emphasis on advocacy and travel; and Zionist education in America.

ARZA News from ISRAEL

History was made on May 5th when Kehillat YOZMA, an affiliate of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, dedicated the first synagogue provided by the state to a non-Orthodox congregation.

YOZMA is located in Modi’in, a completely new city that has gone up over the past decade halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The prefabricated structure was delivered to the site with great fanfare late last year and will house the congregation until it can build a permanent structure.

In her remarks at the ceremony, YOZMA’s senior spiritual leader, Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon, called the new building a location to gather as a community, a place for prayer and a center for study. “The beit knesset of YOZMA,” she told the gathering, “is a reflection of all of these aspects of communal life and opens its doors to each and every one of you seeking a warm environment, a spiritual home which honors Jewish tradition while translating it into our modern lives.”

The government-funded pre-fabricated structure caps years of court cases and Supreme Court appeals waged by YOZMA through the Israeli Progressive movement’s Israel Religious Action Center against the city of Modi’in and Israel’s ministry of housing and construction. Compromises on the issues of land and funding were hammered out through Modi'in’s mayor, Moshe Spector; the municipality’s director-general, Yoram Carmon; and the Israeli government’s housing minister at the time, Yitzchak Herzog. The final cost in setting up the temporary building, including infrastructure, was approximately $200,000.

The dedication ceremony was attended by Spector and other municipal officials, senior staff from both the World Union and the IMPJ, donors, YOZMA members, Modi’in residents, and numerous journalists. The event garnered wide press coverage both in Israel and abroad.

Kehillat YOZMA, founded 11 years ago, currently has some 240 families; 550 families utilize the congregation’s services on a regular basis.

The government is providing a total of six pre-fabricated structures to Progressive and Masorti (Conservative) congregations in Modi'in, Tivon, Zichron Ya'acov and Tzur Hadassah.

Temple Isaiah in Lexington, Massachusetts has created a comprehensive and enlightening FAQ on the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The purpose is to provide their members with information that they can use to interpret and - where necessary - refute the images they are getting from the mainstream media.

Temple Isaiah has graciously allowed us to share the work done by their Israel Action Committee with you. You can find Temple Isaiah's FAQ here.