| Union For Reform Judaism |
Article Index for Union For |
Website Links For Union |
Information AboutUnion For Reform Judaism |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM | |
| religious organizations established in 1873 | |
| reform judaism | |
| jewish summer camps | |
| summer camps in canada | |
|
This organization was founded in 1873 , in Cincinnati, Ohio , by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise , originally as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. At the time it consisted of 34 congregations. As of 2005 some 900 Synagogue s are now associated with it. In 2003, at the Biennial convention, the General Assembly officially changed the name of the movement to the Union for Reform Judaism. The former name had reflected Wise's expectation that the whole of American Jewry would eventually affiliate with the Reform movement. It also lacked recognition of URJ-affiliated congregations outside of the United States . The organization is often referred to simply as "the Union." In 1875, the Union created the Hebrew Union College (HUC), the Reform movement serminary to train Rabbi s and later Cantor s and other Jewish professionals. Rabbis in URJ member synagogues are members of the Central Conference Of American Rabbis (CCAR). YOUTH The URJ Youth Division funds and organizes two youth wings, and Europe and administers the URJ Camping system. POLITICAL OUTREACH The political and legislative outreach of the URJ is performed by the Religious Action Center (RAC), operated in conjunction with CCAR. The RAC advocates policy positions based upon religious values, and is generally associated with Political Progressivism . CAMPS The URJ owns and operates 12 summer camps in the United States and Canada. An additional camp is currently under construction in Washington , and a further four are operated by URJ-affiliated Synagogues ( Camp Charles Pearlstein , Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps , Maurice B. Shwayder Camp , and Camp Teko ). Camps owned by the URJ are:
Alumni See http://www.urjcampalumni.org/ EXTERNAL LINKS |
|
|