January 6
New Year - Same Commitment to Democracy: With the 2026 upon us IRAC’s challenges remain. We will protect democracy!
January 13
Do not stand upon your neighbor’s blood. Speak out! Selective enforcement encourages racism and sends a message that violence is acceptable against some citizens but not others.
January 20
Reclaiming Judaism - Together: The Reform Network will expand our reach and amplify the voice of a Judaism that stands for dignity, inclusion, and equality for all, a Judaism that will help us fight for a better Israel.
January 27
A Bridge from Pain to Hope: We will raise a strong liberal Jewish voice against the abandonment of entire communities. We will continue to show solidarity and support for Palestinian citizens of Israel in their simple request for a secure and peaceful life.
February 3
Planting the Seeds of Justice on Tu B’Shvat: Growth requires sustained attention, change begins with the planting of a seed but does not end there. It must be cared for. At IRAC, we plant and nurture the seeds of justice daily.
February 10
Gender Discrimination is Costly! We work to eliminate gender discrimination in public transportation. Listen to one rider who faced degrading treatment. Read the newsletter and hear her story.
February 17
Talking to a Wall: Reflections on our latest Western Wall Supreme Court hearing…
February 24
Kafka at the Grave: The fight for civil burial in Israel - what it means and why we are pushing for this important and basic civil right…
March 2
Reflections from the Shelter: And yet I find it hard to rejoice when only eight months after the previous war with Iran, we once again find ourselves under missile barrages—running to shelters every two hours throughout long nights, living with uncertainty and fear, with terrible casualties over the last few days.
March 30
Raise your voice for freedom: For the third year in a row, we are marking Pesach in the midst of war. How do we speak about freedom, celebrate, and find joy in a reality that feels anything but free?
March 9
We all Deserve Protection: In the middle of the war, when missiles are falling, Orly writes about those who’s right to shelter is denied them. Most pointedly, about the Bedouin communities in their Negev villages that the State refuses to recognize and refuses to provide shelter.
April 16
Democracy in Hungary: Talking with our friend in Hungary. What does this mean for Israel?
March 16
War Outside, Power Grab Inside: While the government wages war against Iran it continues to force its dangerous agenda and Judicial Coup on Israel.
April 29
Controversy & Conflict in One Kippah: A moment that quickly went viral - educator and author Dr. Alex Sinclair was detained for wearing a kippah stitched with both Israeli and Palestinian flags.
March 24
Creating A Halachic State Under Cover of War: As Israelis run for cover from missile and rocket attacks, we are shocked and angered by the government’s cynical exploitation of the situation to pass yet another law that chips away at our freedoms and draws us closer to theocracy!
May 4
Confronting Reality: Peace and the West Bank: The contrast between the pastoral beauty of the landscape and the horrific stories we heard was deeply disorienting.
May 11
This Summer We Continue to Fight for Democracy: The Government takes no summer break in its attempts to ruin our democracy. We take no breaks in protecting it.
May 20
Torah & The Western Wall Belong to All of Us!: The fact that the only public place in the Western world where women are forbidden from reading Torah is at the Kotel, in the capital of the Jewish state, is simply outrageous.
May 26
Against Separation: We will continue fighting against attacks on equality, in the name of religion, to ensure that Israel’s public sphere remains open, equal, and shared by all of us.
June 5
Slander, Not Here! This incitement is dangerous because it legitimizes hatred toward our community and stokes hatred and division among Jews both here and around the world.
June 8
Pride and Resilience: In the face of the most extreme homophobic government, which has not only failed to champion LGBTQ+ equality but has often sought to undermine it, the demand for equal rights cannot be deferred.
June 15
We Need Education for Equality and Democracy: Last Thursday, my youngest child graduated from high school. It was the end of a 23-year long era parenting kids in the Israeli education system… Read More!
June 18
Power in Partnership: One of the things that gives me strength is the understanding that what we are facing in Israel is part of a much larger global fight against populism, extremism, and attacks on liberal democratic values.
June 23
Here Comes the Sun: Here are some of the things I love about summer in Israel: going barefoot, the late sunsets, summer fruit, going to the beach, the atmosphere of vacation, a needed respite after an intense year.
June 25
An Insiders View: It is easy to speak about Haredim as a problem to be solved, A threat to Israel’s economy, army, and democratic future. But if we truly want to understand the issue, we must see the full picture, and all its complexities.
June 29
Praying Outside City Hall: Awaken, give voice to your song. There are citizens here, there is joy here, there is action here, there is tikkun olam here. Awake! Come join the revolution because we are the future of this city!
July 2
Democracy Takes Practice: So often today, religion appears in public life as a force of exclusion, extremism, and division. But we offer a different vision: religion as a source of healing, responsibility, and connection.
July 7
Great is the Study that Leads to Action: Our tradition is one of shared responsibility, solidarity, and equality. It is a tradition that reveres Torah study as an integral part of life, faith alongside contribution.
July 13
A Place in Time: what should Shabbat look like in the Jewish and democratic state of Israel? This remains one of the most important—and most contested—questions in Israel's ongoing debate over religion and state.
July 16
From Concern to Engagement: what should Shabbat look like in the Jewish and democratic state of Israel? This remains one of the most important—and most contested—questions in Israel's ongoing debate over religion and state.
July 20
Protecting Voting Rights: One community whose right to vote has been compromised for many years: residents of the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev.
This week, together with the Council of the Unrecognized Villages, we will file a petition with the Supreme Court…
July 28
Tisha B'Av to Tu B'Av: Yet again will be heard in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of hope, the sound of a better future. Over the past weekend, violence once again flared in the West Bank, following a provocation by armed settlers who entered a Palestinian village without clearance, which resulted in the loss of Jewish and Palestinian lives.
