USCJ Blog
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Reflections on 150 Days
March 4, 2024 24 Adar I, 5784
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who has now been held hostage for 150 days, speaks of being in “another world” since October 7.
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Nonprofit Filing
February 28, 2024 19 Adar I, 5784For US Congregations New Requirement If You Are Not Registered as a 501(c)(3) In 2021 Congress enacted the Federal Corporate Transparency Act [Title
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Women’s History Month Feature: Rabbi Leider
February 27, 2024 18 Adar I, 5784In 1988, I reached out to the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies to inquire about applying to rabbinical school. No questions about my gender, no obs
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Member Spotlight: Oheb Shalom Uses Storytelling to Increase Membership and Enrollment
February 23, 2024 14 Adar I, 5784When Oheb Shalom Congregation (South Orange, NJ) received a generous gift from a local philanthropist, it came with strings attached: reach more famil
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Member Spotlight: Temple Beth El innovates with Civil Rights Experience
February 9, 2024 30 Shevat, 5784In 1958, domestic terrorists planted a satchel with dozens of dynamite sticks next to the eastern wall of Temple Beth El in Birmingham, Alabama. Lucki
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USCJ Coloring Book Campaign
January 26, 2024 16 Shevat, 5784USCJ Coloring Book Campaign Thank you for continuing to support USCJ in these challenging times. As a token of our appreciation, we invite you to down
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USCJ Launches 2024 Climate Action Plan in Partnership with Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition
January 25, 2024 15 Shevat, 5784In 2022, USCJ, along with 19 other major Jewish umbrella organizations, collectively launched the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition. The Coalition a
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Our Vision is Bigger, Our Mission is Stronger
January 4, 2024 23 Tevet, 5784
Just a few weeks ago at our Conservative/Masorti Convening in Baltimore, my confidence in our Movement and the future of our communities was bolstered
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Lekh Lekha – Go Forth! Our Continuing Jewish Mission
October 26, 2023 11 Heshvan, 5784
Two weeks ago, in the portion Bereisheet, God creates the first human being and says, “Lo tov heyot ha’adam levado – it is not good for the Adam to be
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Bringing the post-High Holiday Energy Forward into the New Year
September 28, 2023 13 Tishri, 5784
The sanctuary and the building has been full over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The energy was electric, and members are sending emails with appreciat
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Really Great Reasons to Attend Shabbaton
September 28, 2023 13 Tishri, 5784Really Great Reasons to Attend Shabbaton
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Creating Sacred Safe Spaces Fosters Belonging
August 31, 2023 14 Elul, 5783
Rabbi Robin Foonberg, Executive Director of JEA and the Education Specialist for USCJ, writes about fostering a sense of belonging to Judaism in our schools.
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Speaking is Leading: Advice for the Yom Kippur Congregational Address
August 30, 2023 13 Elul, 5783By David Harrison, Immediate Past President, Beth El Congregation (Baltimore, MD) As the great hot summer of 2023, with its attendant humidity, slowly
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Member Spotlight: How Our Shul Stopped Landfilling Disposables and Learned to Love Inconvenience
August 23, 2023 6 Elul, 5783By Cynthia Hirsch and Leslie Fields At Beth Israel Center in Madison, Wisconsin, we are a community of volunteers. Our medium size shul of 275 familie
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Interfaith Inclusion in our Movement
August 17, 2023 30 Av, 5783Dear Friends: Intermarriage, and inclusion of intermarried couples and families, has been an important issue for our movement for decades. Rather tha
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