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Wonderful news for WRJ, for Rabbi Liz PG Hirsch, for Reform Judaism in North America and here in Israel too.

We are proud to share that WRJ CEO Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch will soon serve on the Executive Council of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations for the next term beginning this month.

The Conference of Presidents brings together major American Jewish organizations to address critical issues affecting the Jewish community in the United States, Israel, and around the world. Its Executive Council assists Conference leadership in determining consensus positions and reviewing key plans, positions, and policy matters before they are brought to the full membership.

As a member, Rabbi Hirsch will bring WRJ’s perspective and priorities to this important communal body: fighting for reproductive rights and abortion access, ending gender-based violence, and ensuring Jewish women are heard and represented at a moment when their voices are so urgently needed.

Please join us in congratulating Rabbi Hirsch on this meaningful designation and the opportunity it represents for WRJ and the women+ at the core of our work.

**Dozens of Reform Rabbis Urge Prime Minister: "The Proposed Torah Study Law Is a Desecration of Torah and a Perpetuation of Inequality"**

More than 50 rabbis and rabbinical students from the Israel Reform Movement and the Reform Rabbinic Council have sent an urgent letter to the Prime Minister calling for the immediate halt of the proposed Torah Study Law, which is expected to come before the Knesset for a preliminary vote tomorrow.

The proposed legislation seeks to justify restoring benefits to Haredi yeshiva students that were revoked due to their exemption from military service.

In their letter, the rabbis wrote:

"Throughout the generations, Jewish tradition has upheld Torah study alongside social responsibility and a shared commitment to the public good. It has never viewed Torah study as an exclusive ideal that justifies withdrawal from work or separation from the broader community.

Using Torah study as a justification for exempting tens of thousands of young people from military service—at a time when our brothers and sisters from every sector of Israeli society are risking their lives and buckling under the burden—is a misuse of both Jewish tradition and the principle of mutual responsibility. This is true at all times, and it cries out all the more during a time of war.

Already in the Torah itself, when the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh sought to remain outside the Land of Canaan, Moses challenged them: 'Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?' (Numbers 32:6)."

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