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536<img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image/public/2025-07/WOMEN%20OF%20REFORM%20JUDAISM-876.jpeg?itok=jfTFESUr" width="5805" height="3870" alt="WRJ FWC 2024 Miriam Song" class="img-fluid">
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551        <a href="/blog/optimize-your-time-philadelphia-join-wrjs-fried-womens-summit" rel="bookmark" class="link-light">
552<span>Optimize Your Time in Philadelphia: Join WRJ’s Fried Women’s Summit</span>
553</a>
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561  <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
562                        <span class="field--item">Leslie Brier</span>, 
563                  <span class="field--item">Morgan Helfman</span>
564                </div>
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567          
568<span><time datetime="2026-09-22T16:51:01-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 04:51pm">September 22, 2026</time>
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579        <div  class="field--item">  When you hear "Women of Reform Judaism," you may picture women who already hold leadership positions, belong to a sisterhood, or have attended WRJ gatherings for years. But what if that isn't you?
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609<img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2026-09/urj_isreal_rally082_1.png" width="700" height="467" alt="Photo of people at a pro-Israel rally in Washington DC; one person holding a sign that says DC loves Israel" class="img-fluid">
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623          <a href="/blog/where-are-we-three-years-later" rel="bookmark">
624<span>Where Are We, Three Years Later?</span>
625</a>
626        </h3>
627      
628              <div class="date-tags mb-3 text-muted d-flex border border-end-0 border-start-0 border-dark border-opacity-25 py-2">
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633  <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
634                        <span class="field--item">Rabbi Josh Weinberg</span>
635                </div>
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641<span><time datetime="2026-09-17T16:29:53-04:00" title="Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 04:29pm">September 17, 2026</time>
642</span>
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651        <div  class="field--item">  Three years after 10-7, how has it impacted Jewish life in North America?
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668        <a href="/blog/what-can-we-learn-biblical-heroines-today" rel="bookmark">
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681        <div  class="field--item">  
682<img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2026-09/rj_composite_header.png" width="700" height="467" alt="Photo collage of five images / paintings of different women from the bible, with the words &quot;Women of the Bible&quot; across the top" class="img-fluid">
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694      
695        <h3 class="node__title fw-bold mb-4">
696          <a href="/blog/what-can-we-learn-biblical-heroines-today" rel="bookmark">
697<span>What Can We Learn from Biblical Heroines Today?</span>
698</a>
699        </h3>
700      
701              <div class="date-tags mb-3 text-muted d-flex border border-end-0 border-start-0 border-dark border-opacity-25 py-2">
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703                                  
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706  <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
707                        <span class="field--item">Nancy H. Mantell, Ph.D.</span>, 
708                  <span class="field--item">Jean Bloch Rosensaft</span>
709                </div>
710
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715<span><time datetime="2026-09-17T09:36:35-04:00" title="Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 09:36am">September 17, 2026</time>
716</span>
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724  <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden">
725        <div  class="field--item">  Meet five of the women featured in the Heller Museum's current exhibition "Mothers, Prophets, and Warriors: Women of the Bible."
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741      
742        <a href="https://urj.org/blog/remembering-paul-j-reichenbach-zl" rel="bookmark">
743          
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746  <div class="field field--name-field-featured-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
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748<div class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full">
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756<img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2026-09/Remembering%20PAUL%20REICHENBACH%20z%E2%80%9Dl%20%28700%20x%20467%20px%29.png" width="700" height="467" alt="Paul Reichenbach" class="img-fluid">
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769        <h3 class="node__title fw-bold mb-4">
770          <a href="https://urj.org/blog/remembering-paul-j-reichenbach-zl" rel="bookmark">
771<span>Remembering Paul J. Reichenbach z&quot;l</span>
772</a>
773        </h3>
774      
775              <div class="date-tags mb-3 text-muted d-flex border border-end-0 border-start-0 border-dark border-opacity-25 py-2">
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778                
779<span><time datetime="2026-09-13T20:19:51-04:00" title="Sunday, September 13, 2026 - 08:19pm">September 13, 2026</time>
780</span>
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788  <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden">
789        <div  class="field--item">  With deeply saddened hearts, we share the passing of our beloved colleague, leader, mentor, board member, and friend, Paul J. Reichenbach.
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806        <a href="https://urj.org/blog/courage-disagree" rel="bookmark">
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832      
833        <h3 class="node__title fw-bold mb-4">
834          <a href="https://urj.org/blog/courage-disagree" rel="bookmark">
835<span>The Courage to Disagree</span>
836</a>
837        </h3>
838      
839              <div class="date-tags mb-3 text-muted d-flex border border-end-0 border-start-0 border-dark border-opacity-25 py-2">
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841                                  
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844  <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
845                        <span class="field--item">Alec Harris</span>
846                </div>
847
848                                                              </span>
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850                          <span class="node__date">
851                
852<span><time datetime="2026-09-09T13:31:49-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - 01:31pm">September 9, 2026</time>
853</span>
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857            <div class="node__content clearfix">
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861  <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden">
862        <div  class="field--item">  As we enter these High Holidays, perhaps our challenge is not to find consensus, but to find the courage to remain together despite our differences.
863
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865      </div>
866
867      </div>
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869  </div>
870</article>
871
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879        <a href="/blog/reform-rabbis-reading-our-shared-world-animals" rel="bookmark">
880          
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888            
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891  <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden">
892        <div  class="field--item">  
893<img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2026-09/cow.png" width="700" height="467" alt="Photo of a man petting a brown cow" class="img-fluid">
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901
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903    </div>
904    <div class="col-sm-7">
905      
906        <h3 class="node__title fw-bold mb-4">
907          <a href="/blog/reform-rabbis-reading-our-shared-world-animals" rel="bookmark">
908<span> Reform Rabbi’s Reading of Our Shared World with Animals</span>
909</a>
910        </h3>
911      
912              <div class="date-tags mb-3 text-muted d-flex border border-end-0 border-start-0 border-dark border-opacity-25 py-2">
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914                                  
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917  <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden">
918                        <span class="field--item">Rabbi Yossi Feintuch</span>
919                </div>
920
921                                                              </span>
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923                          <span class="node__date">
924                
925<span><time datetime="2026-09-03T11:55:56-04:00" title="Thursday, September 3, 2026 - 11:55am">September 3, 2026</time>
926</span>
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934  <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden">
935        <div  class="field--item">  Rabbi Yossi Feintuch shares how the Torah prompted him to reconsider how he thinks about animals.
936
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981<span>Sukkah Puns Worth Gathering For</span>
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