This is a short list of web resources for you to check out and use in learning more about this year’s NFTY Study Theme, Tihyeh Shofeit L’Atzmecha – You Will Be A Judge For Yourself. Keep checking the NFTY website for new resources and programming ideas, as it is updated throughout the year. If you have any resources or programs you’re interested in sharing with other NFTYites, please contact nftypvp@urj.org.
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
http://www.urj.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=7393
The Union for Reform Judaism Resolution on Jewish Pluralism passed during the 55th General Assembly in December of 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (RAC)
http://www.rac.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1741&pge
The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism’s bank of Union for Reform Judaism and Central Conference of American Rabbis Resolutions concerning Religious Pluralism within Israel which the RAC uses to lobby.
The Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ)
http://www.upj.org.au/
The Union for Progressive Judaism supports and develops Progressive Judaism in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, making it the Australian, New Zealand, and Asian equivalent of the Union for Reform Judaism.
iTorah, by Zach Newburgh
http://urj.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=11869&pge_prg_id=37668&pge_id=4314
What is Pluralism and how does it relate to Reform Judaism? An iTorah written by NFTY President Zach Newburgh.
The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
http://66.165.157.151/English/default.htm
The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, similar to the UPJ, it is Israel’s equivalent to the URJ.
Meitar
http://www.meitar.org.il/HTMLs/articleE.aspx?C2031=1040&BSP=1029&BSS77=1029
Meitar, the College of Pluralistic Judaism in Jerusalem, is an educational institution that works with non-orthodox Israelis to raise their awareness of Jewish tradition, cultivate their Jewish identity, and help them to experience Judaism as a dynamic pluralistic culture.
Ta Shma: Pluralistic Jewish Learning
http://www.tashma.org/index.html
Ta Shma: Pluralistic Jewish Learning is an educational institution based in Jerusalem which provides programs and resources to Jews of all kinds and to other Jewish organizations, including Netzer Olami, on Pluralism.
The Pluralism Project
http://www.pluralism.org/
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University is an organization founded to further inter-religious pluralism within the United States of America, by working with people to study and understand the many diverse faiths within the United States.
The World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)
http://www.wupj.org/
The World Union for Progressive Judaism functions as the parent organization of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Union for Progressive Judaism, the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, and various other Reform, Liberal, and Progressive Jewish Movements of the World.
PANIM
http://www.panim.org/
PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values is a pluralistic Jewish educational organization, established to train the next generation of Jewish leaders through the integration of Jewish learning, values and social responsibility.
