CCAR in the News

• JTA: What It’s Like to Start a Job as a Rabbi Mid-Pandemic
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in The Times of Israel: Jewish Support for Abortion Is Being Drowned Out. We Can Change That
• JTA: 800 Rabbis and Cantors Sign Statement Supporting Peaceful Protest Against Racism
• Rabbi Hara Person opEd in the Forward: What Will the Rabbinate Look Like After COVID?
• The Forward: High Holidays 2020: Rabbis Start to Think Outside the Synagogue
• Rabbi Hara Person on The David Suissa Podcast: “Can Family Stories Nourish Us During Pandemic Times?”
• The New York Times: The Passover Rules Bend, if Just for One Pandemic
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in The Times of Israel: Jewish Resilience: Creating, Transforming & Connecting in a Time of Distance
• Rabbi Hara Person on the TLV 1 Tel Aviv Review Podcast: More Jewish, Less Democratic?
• Newsweek: The Liberation of Auschwitz Took Place 75 Years Ago. Today, America is Witnessing the ‘Revival’ of Anti-semitism
• The New York Times: Trump’s Order to Combat Anti-Semitism Divides Its Audience: American Jews
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in Time Magazine: My Mom Warned Me About Anti-Semitism. I Didn’t Fully Understand Until Last Year’s Synagogue Shooting
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in The Times of Israel: Atoning in a time of hatred and division
• AL.com: Rabbis gather in Alabama Bear Witness to Racial and Reproductive Rights Injustices
• Alabama News Network: Rabbis Tour Selma During Racial Injustice Summit
• The Jerusalem Report: Shattering The Stained Glass Ceiling
• Jewish Journal: CCAR Files Brief in Support of LGBTQ Rights
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in The Times of Israel: The Immorality of anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in Ms. Magazine: It’s Time to Give Working Moms the Gift of Economic Equality
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in Religion Dispatches: The Moral Outrage of Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust
• Rabbi Hara Person, opEd in the Forward: The Reform Movement Is Struggling With Gender Equity, Says First Female Leader Of CCAR
• Interfaith Alliance: More Than 20 Religious, Faith-Based Organizations Call on Congress to Stop Weaponizing Anti-Semitism for Political Purposes
• Ms. Magazine opEd by Rabbi Hara Person: The Injustice of Unequal Pay
• Cincinnati Public Radio: Reform Rabbis Come Back To Where It All Began: Cincinnati
• Cleveland Jewish News: CCAR to meet in Cincinnati March 31-April 3
• Atlanta Jewish Times: Temple Sinai’s Ron Segal to Lead Nation’s Reform Rabbis
• Lilith Magazine: 7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2018
• The Times of Israel: Chanukah and Antisemitism: Lessons for Our Time
• Deseret News: “Run, Hide, Fight”: A Utah Jewish Synagogue Trains to Face an Active Shooter after the Deadliest Assault on Jews in U.S. history
• Vox: Why Hanukkah’s Message of Jewish Resilience Matters So Much After Pittsburgh
• JTA: The Reform Movement’s Rabbinical Group Appoints its First Female Leader
• Cleveland Jewish News: The Reform Movement’s Rabbinical Group Appoints its First Female Leader
• The Times of Israel The Reform Movement’s Rabbinical Group Appoints its First Female Leader
• The Forward: Reform Movement’s Rabbinical Group Appoints First Female Leader 
• JTA: How to Understand the Kavanaugh Allegations, According to Rabbis
• Rabbi Hara Person’s OpEd in The Times of Israel: Sukkot: A Season of Empathy
• Rabbi Hara Person’s OpEd in the Forward: What Jews Should Watch For In The Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings
• JTA: Why an Orthodox Rabbi Chose to Publish a Book with a Reform Publisher
• Jewish News of Greater Phoenix: Valley Rabbi Publishes Book on Pirkei Avot in the 21st Century
• The Times of Israel: Beware of ‘Biblical’ Policies by Rabbi Hara Person
• The Forward: The Invisible Ones Among Us, by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
• My Jewish Learning: Hashkiveinu: Seeking Comfort and Protection Through the Night, by Rabbi Hara Person
• Jewish Organizations to Trump Administration: Families Belong Together!
• OpEd from Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Steven Fox: Israel Has to Stop Naming Things After Trump
• OpEd from Rabbi Hara Person: The Problem With Mother’s Day
• Advocate: Inclusiveness Is an Asset to Major LGBT-Affirming Churches and Synagogues
• The Jerusalem Post, opEd by Rabbi Steve Fox: Jewish American Identity
• The Times of Israel opEd from Rabbi Hara Person: The Political Is Personal
• JTA opEd by Rabbi Steve Fox: We Need a Rabbinic Resistance to the Religious Right
• The Times of Israel: Pence’s Kotel Visit Insulted Women Everywhere
• Jewish Exponent: Female Rabbis Contend Sexual Harassment Persists
• Forward opEd by Rabbi Hara Person: A 2018 Manifesto for The Woke Jewish Woman
• Jewish Telegraphic Agency opEd by Rabbi Hara Person: When Women Rabbis Say ‘#MeToo,’ Communities Must Pay Attention
• Jerusalem Post: Reform Jews Express Concern Over Jerusalem Announcement
• Forward opEd by Rabbi Hara Person: Why Women’s Torah Commentary Matters Today More Than Ever Before
• Motto opEd by Rabbi Hara Person: President Trump’s Birth Control Mandate Is an Attack on Religious Liberty
• NY Times: Rabbis Protest Trump’s Comments by Boycotting Conference Call
• JTA: Three Jewish movements opt out of High Holidays call with Trump, citing ‘xenophobia’
• Forward: Jewish Denominations Pull Out Of Trump’s High Holiday Call — Call On Him To ‘Repent’
• Politico: Rabbis ditch High Holy Days call with Trump
• NY Magazine: Rabbis Cancel High Holy Days Call With Trump Over Charlottesville Response
• Haaretz: Citing Lack of Moral Leadership, Jewish Movements Nix Traditional Phone Call With Trump
• Newsweek: Rabbis won’t call Trump for Jewish High Holidays because of his Charlottesville response
• Mother Jones: Rabbis Pull Out of Call With Trump in Wake of Charlottesville
• Washington Post: Rabbis forgo annual high holidays call with the president over Trump’s Charlottesville response
• Huffington Post: Jewish Groups Cancel High Holidays Call With Trump Over Charlottesville Comments
• USA Today: Rabbis cancel high holy days call with President Trump over Charlottesville response
• The Independent: Top Rabbis cancel annual call with Trump over his Charlottesville response
• Bloomberg: Trump Calls for Unity After Attacking Media
• The Hill: Rabbis cancel annual call with Trump over Charlottesville response
• Washington Examiner: American rabbi group cancels annual call with Trump over Charlottesville statement
• Time: Rabbis Drop Out of Jewish Holiday Conference Call With President Trump
• ABC News: Rabbis cancel annual call with Trump over his Charlottesville response 
• Baltimore Jewish Times: Reform Movement condemns President Trump’s recent decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. Military
• The Jewish Week: Liberals Threaten Israel Giving In Wake Of Cabinet Moves
• eJewish Philanthropy: The Season of Transition
• Jewish News of Northern California: This Berkeley Poet is Equally at Home with Her Paintbrushes
• Pittsburg Jewish Chronicle: Online conversion programs create a ‘virtual chavurah,’ but can it be a real community?
• CCAR joins Over 100 National Faith Leaders Join Texas Clergy in Opposition to Anti-LGBTQ Bills
• Atlanta Jewish Times: Reform Rabbis Find Civil Rights Inspiration
• Atlanta Jewish Times: Reform Rabbis Hear Call to Justice
• The Times of Israel: David Stern Becomes Third-Generation President of Reform Rabbinical Group
• Religion News Service: In ‘turbulent times,’ 500 rabbis look for ways to resist and cope
• The Forward:David Stern Becomes Third-Generation President of Reform Rabbinical Group
• JTA: David Stern Becomes Third-Generation President of Reform Rabbinical Group
• U.S. News: What President Donald Trump Needs to do to Denounce anti-Semitism
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Rabbis Meet in Atlanta as Nation Grapples with Growing anti-Semitism
• ProPublica: In an Angry and Fearful Nation, an Outbreak of Anti-Semitism
• Religion News Service: Nearly 2000 Clergy, Faith Leaders Sign Amicus Brief In Support of Transgender Protections
• Cleveland Jewish News: CCAR Responds to Philadelphia Cemetery Damage
• JTA: Betsy DeVos narrowly confirmed as education secretary in historic vote
• The Forward: Reform Rabbis Slam Betsy DeVos for ‘Christian’ Education Plan
• LA Times: How Trump’s policies and rhetoric are forging alliances between U.S. Jews and Muslims
• Tablet Magazine: Jewish Groups Across the Spectrum Unite in Condemnation of Trump’s Refugee Ban
• Jerusalem Post: American Jewish Movements Unite to Warn Trump Against Religious Tests
• Forward: Donald Trump is on The Warpath to Standing Rock, and Jews Must Battle Him
• Heritage FL Jewish News: Woman Director of Rabbinic Placement
• Rabbi Steve Fox in The Jewish Week: Did We Vote for That?
• NY Times: Hanukkah Event at a Trump Hotel Highlights a Rift Among Jews
• CCAR Director of Rabbinic Placement Announcement
• CCAR Statement on Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations Chanukah Party
• Times of Israel: Comment on Steve Bannon
• Mother Jones: Comment on Steve Bannon
• The Jewish Week: The Few, The Proud: Jews Stand With Standing Rock
• WMAZ: New Jersey rabbi monitoring polling center in Macon
• Macon Telegraph: Rabbi, NAACP volunteers monitoring polls in Macon
• Lilith: Forty Years from Now: Perspectives of Women in the Rabbinate
• Jewish Journal: Women Rabbis: Progress Made, but Challenges Remain
• The Oklahoman: Oklahoma City Jewish Congregation Debuts New Prayer Book for High Holy Days
• Cleveland Jewish News: Priesand Turns Over New Page
• AZ Jewish Post: New, Inclusive Prayer Book Wins Local Fans
• eJewish Philanthropy: The Importance of Parsonage
• Jewish Journal: The Female Rabbi Exchange, Part 1: On How Women Rabbis Have Changed Judaism
• Times of Israel: From Holocaust to Helpers
• The Jewish Weekly: Interim Rabbis Help Stay The Course for Congregations in Transition
• Crescent City Jewish News: First Female Rabbi Sally Priesand Figures Prominently In New Book
• Crescent City Jewish News: CCAR’s ‘Sacred Calling’ Details 40 years of Women Rabbis
• J Weekly: You’ve Come a Long Way, Rabbi: 40 Years of Women in the Pulpit
• Amherst Magazine: A New Way to Pray
• JTA: The Big Book of Women Rabbis Tells a Grand Story
• New Jersey Jersey News: Women In the Rabbinate
• Lilith Magazine: Transference and the Female Rabbi
• Jewish Community Voice: Why a Small Word Change is a Big Deal for Reform Women Rabbis
• eJewish Philanthropy: How Far We’ve Come – and How Much Farther We Still Need to Go
• Jewish Journal: After Orlando: Heartbroken, But With Resolve – Rabbi Denise Eger
• Forward: Reform Women Rabbis Celebrate Getting Exact Same Title as Men — After 44 Years
• Jewish Women’s Archive: The Sacred Calling: Reimagining Role Models 
• JTA: Why a small word change is a big deal for Reform women rabbis
• Washington Post: ‘I not only envisioned it. I fought for it’: The first female rabbi isn’t done yet
• eJewish Philanthropy: Making the First 100 Days Count: Rabbinic Transition
• The Jerusalem Post: ADL Calls on Jewish Organization to Redirect Trump Donations to Fight Hate
• Heritage Florida Jewish News: Reform Rabbinic Leadership Meets with Netanyahu
• NY Times: American Reform Rabbis Warn of Alienation From Israel
• ABC News: American Reform Rabbis Warn of Alienation From Israel
• Jerusalem Post: Old guard needs to accept growing role of Reform Jews
• Times of Israel: Reform rabbis celebrate mixed Western Wall worship with prayers at future site
• Jerusalem Post: American Reform leaders see Kotel deal as foundation for further gains
• JTA: Netanyahu meets with US Reform leaders in wake of Western Wall decision
• The Forward: Reform Programs Aims To Spark ‘Dialogue Not Debate’ on Israel
• JTA: Haredi Lawmaker in Israel compares Reform movement to Mentally Ill Person
• Haaretz: More than 150 Reform Rabbis Hold Mixed­gender Service at New Western Wall Prayer Space
• The Jerusalem Post: Reform Movement holds first official prayer service at Western Wall
• The Jerusalem Post: Reform Movement representatives describe ‘quiet revolution’ to Knesset committee
• Haaretz: Reform Jewish Leaders Thank Netanyahu for Western Wall Prayer Decision
• Times of Israel: Netanyahu, Reform Jewish leaders meet in Jerusalem
• Haaretz: U.S. Reform rabbinical leader: Netanyahu must represent all Jews, not just Orthodox
• Haaretz: U.S. Reform Rabbis Blast Israeli Tourism Minister Over Assimilation Remarks
• The Jerusalem Post: Minister Refuses to Walk Back Comments about Reform Jews
• Haaretz: U.S. Jewish Groups Back Obama’s Gun Control Initiatives
• The Jerusalem Post: U.S. Jewish Groups Back Obama’s Gun Control Initiatives
• Forward: Gabby Giffords and Jewish Groups Back Barack Obama Push On Guns
• ReformJudaism.org: The Top 10 Reform Jewish Moments of 2015
• Lilith: 7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2015
• Steve Fox and Karen Fox Op-Ed, Jewish Journal: An American Immigrant Family’s Responsibility
• The Jewish Chronicle: We Are All God’s Children
• Jewish Standard: A New Prayerbook for a New Year
• Steve Fox Op-Ed, Huffington Post: Why I Helped Carry a Torah From Selma to Washington
• J Weekly: Time for an upgrade: Innovation meets tradition in new Reform machzor
• Georgia Voice: LGBT-inclusive Jewish prayer book adopted by Atlanta synagogues
• Jewish Journal: Think you can’t observe Yom Kippur? Not so fast
• Fox 5 News, Washington D.C.: Interview with Rabbi Steve Fox at America’s Journey for Justice
• Bay Area Reporter: Reform rabbis adopt LGBT-friendly prayer book
• Atlanta Jewish Times: New Reform Prayer Book Arrives for Holidays
• Minneapolis Star Tribune: New Jewish prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
• Heritage Florida Jewish News: The Reform movement’s new holiday prayer book is radically inclusive
• The Jewish Week: Reform Machzor Enlarges The Tent
• Jewish Journal: A Vision of What Prayer Can Be
• Hara Person, Op-Ed in The Forward on Mishkan HaNefesh
• JTA: The Reform movement’s new holiday prayer book is radically inclusive
• The Times of Israel: Politics from the pulpit on the menu for this Jewish New Year
• Huffington Post: The Equality Act Would Provide Comprehensive LGBT Civil Rights. It’s About Time. By Steve Fox and Hara Person
• Boston Herald: Revamped Prayer Book Offers Modern Take For Reform Jews
• Jewish Journal: Standing on holy ground, By Denise Eger
• Haaretz: Reform Movement Unveils New Gay-friendly High Holy Days Prayer Book
• Philadelphia Inquirer: First openly gay president of Reform Judaism rabbi group to be installed
• Jewish Exponent: Reform Rabbis Group Inducts First Gay President at Philly Meeting
• JTA: For Reform, new gay-friendly High Holidays prayer book keeps up inclusivity trend
• Washington Post: Revised Jewish prayer book speaks to gay equality, women and doubt
• Reform Jewish Movement Responds to Proposed Nuclear Agreement With Iran
• CCAR calls upon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss Shas MK David Azoulay from the Cabinet
• CCAR: Supreme Court Decision One Step Toward Recognizing We Are All Made in God’s Image
• CCAR Assumes Stewardship of Reform Movement’s Sacred Texts
• U.S. Religious Leaders Embrace Cause of Immigrant Children
• CCAR Joins Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• ’36 Rabbis Shave for the Brave’ to Fight Childhood Cancer
• Over 60 Reform Rabbis to Shave Their Heads to Raise in Support of Pediatric Cancer Research
• Three Reform Movement Missions Gather in Jerusalem to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Women of the Wall
• Mishkan HaNefesh has ‘promise,’ and several local links
• New prayerbook helps kids ‘wrestle’ with holy images
• B’nai Mitzvah @ 50… and beyond
• Reform Movement Welcomes Ruling in Marriage Equality Cases
• Mishkan T’filah: New Children’s Prayerbook Available from CCAR Press
• CCAR and Same-Sex Wedding Innovations
• CCAR Co-Sponsors Service of Solidarity with Women of the Wall May 10, 2013
• CCAR Donates Over 400 Prayerbooks to Storm-Ravaged Synagogues
• Reform Movement Update: A Way Forward at the Kotel?
• Shaker Heights Rabbi Elected CCAR President
• Michael Chabon’s search for authentic expression
• 50 Year Rabbis Honored in Jewish Journal
• Statement Calling for Stricter Restrictions on Firearm and Ammunition Sales and Ownership
• Joint CCAR-URJ statement on ‘Upgraded Palestinian Status at the United Nations’
• Reform Rabbis Seek Congressional Passage of Act Ensuring Human Trafficking Remains a Federal Crime
• Reform Rabbis Express Support for Israel/Gaza Cease Fire
• Call by Rabbinic Association Presidents to Support WOW’s Legal and Educational Fund
• JTA:  Gender Study by CCAR
• The Jewish Week: CCAR Study on Gender
• Study of Rabbinic Salary Compensation By Gender
• Study Reveals Salary Gender Gap in Reform Rabbinate [Press Release]
• Reform Rabbis Rock the High Tech Platform
• iPad App for Reform Prayer Book is Launched
• Interfaith Clergy Exploring Israel Leadership Trip
• The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic wins finalist in 2011 National Jewish Book Awards!
• Reform Rabbis Support Hyatt Workers, Implore Hotel to Treat Employees Fairly
• Leaders of Reform Rabbinate Applaud Efforts to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage
• Reform Rabbiniate Calls Upon the State of Israel to Improve Arab Citizens’ Civil Rights and Benefits of Citizenship
• US Lauds PM’s Policy Speech
• Reform Rabbinate Pledges Support for Obama Administration’s Policy in Afghanistan
• The Jewish Week – Rabbi Peter Knobel on Moral Leadership