Roots Of Reform Judaism Inc

THE SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION AND CREATIVE NURTURING OF HISTORIC IDEALS OF CLASSICAL REFORM JUDAISM WITH ITS PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUAL VALUES, INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND DISTINCTIVE WORSHIP TRADITIONS.

PUBLICATION PROGRAM-PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE UNION PRAYER BOOK-SINAI EDITION, REVISED (2012)-A CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE VERSION OF REFORM LITURGY, USED BY CONGREGATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE. THE NEW UNION HAGGADAH (2014) NEW REVISION OF THE HISTORIC PASSOVER LITURGY CO-PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS. THE RISE AND GROWTH OF REFORM JUDAISM(2015,)PUBLISHED BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY. BHADRAT KODESH PUBLISHED BY SCRJ AND HAR-EL SYNAGOGUE OF JERUSALEM.THE REFORM ADVOCATE JOURNAL OF ARTICLES, ESSAYS ON REFORM JUDAISM. PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CD RECORDINGS COME, O SABBATH DAY AND OPEN THE GATES UNTO US (HIGH HOLY DAY MUSIC),DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 2,000 INDIVIDUALS. SCRJ HAS UNDERTAKEN THE PUBLICATION OF MONOGRAPHS FOR SPIRITUAL & RELIGIOUS USES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMPLETED ARE SERVICES FOR SABBATH EVE, REFLECTIONS AND MEDITATIONS AT A TIME OF MOURNING,YOM KIPPUR PRAYERS AND READINGS, AND SABBATH READINGS FOR HOME AND FAMILY. THESE WILL SUPPORT UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES SUPPORTING CLASSICAL REFORM BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.

THE SOCIETYS PARTNERSHIP AT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE - AMONGST THE MOST IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS THE SCRJ HAS CREATED IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION, THE FOUR-CAMPUS SEMINARY OF THE REFORM JEWISH MOVEMENT. THE SCRJ PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC RESOURCES FOR ALL OF THESE CAMPUSES, CINCINNATI, LOS ANGELES, JERUSALEM AND THIS YEAR, NEW YORK. THE SCRJ PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS STEEPED IN THE TRADITION AND PRINCIPLES OF THEIR REFORM HERITAGE, FOR STUDENTS IN THE RABBINIC, CANTORIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS AND A DOZEN FACULTY MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THESE PROGRAMS.

NATIONAL OUTREACH- THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF IN SITU SERMONS, SCHOLARLY LECTURES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT SYNAGOGUES AND SEMINARIES AROUND THE WORLD, WORSHIP SERVICES AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL GATHERINGS OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT AND AT REFORM SYNAGOGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE SCRJS OBJECTIVES ARE TO EDUCATE THE BROADER REFORM JEWISH COMMUNITY ON THE VISION AND WORK OF THE SOCIETY, AND TO REACH OUT TO PRESENTLY NON-AFFILIATED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS. IN 2018 THESE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES REACHED MORE THAN 5,000 INDIVIDUALS.

SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAM - THE SCRJS OUTREACH EFFORTS USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO WIDEN THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF OUR PROGRAMS, GOALS AND VISION TO TEACH ABOUT THE RELEVANCE, BEAUTY AND CONTEMPORARY VALUE OF CLASSICAL REFORM JUDAISM TENETS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITE, BLOGS, FACEBOOK, TEXTUAL RESOURCES AND MUSIC, WE CREATE VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUAL SEEKERS, AND CONGREGATIONS. WITH WEEKLY BLOG POSTS, FACEBOOK ENTRIES AND BOTH HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL CONTENT DERIVED FROM SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND ARTICLES BY SCRJ SUPPORTERS, STUDENTS AND RABBIS, AS WELL AS LINKS TO LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO UPGRADE THESE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS, SYNAGOGUES AND THE REFORM JEWISH COMMUNITY.