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The North Carolina Marriage Equality Lawsuit: Moving with Momentum to Affirm...
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” That is what the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorably wrote. When it comes to marriage equality, that arc is bending more and...
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Praying for Rain: Marriage Equality in North Carolina
As we move toward Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, we begin to pray for rain. We change from morid hatal to mashiv haruach umorid hagashem. So this is a good time to recall that other outpouring called...
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We All Count: Chanukah, Alabama, and Inequality
This blog is the fifth in a series from Rabbis Organizing Rabbis connecting the period of the Omer to the issue of race and class structural inequality. Rabbis Organizing Rabbis is a joint project of...
View ArticleWe Just Told the Supreme Court: The CCAR Opposes Employment Discrimination...
Among its various activities, the CCAR signs on to various briefs filed amicus curiae. The term means “friend of the court.” Amicus briefs are designed to inform a court about relevant facts and law...
View ArticleThe Case of the Allegedly Antisemitic Judge
On Thursday, the CCAR joined the Union for Reform Judaism, the Men of Reform Judaism, the American Jewish Committee, and over 100 Jewish lawyers in Texas in filing a brief amicus curiae with the Texas...
View ArticleWhy the CCAR Fights to Keep Contraception Free
During CCAR Connect in March 2020, many of us learned from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, about “The Pursuit of Reproductive Rights as Human Rights.” In her...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Today Accepted the CCAR’s Position: Title VII Bans LGBTQ...
Just less than a year ago, the CCAR joined with other faith groups in submitting an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County. At the time, I shared a message...
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Choosing Life for Ourselves and Our Communities: NYSPRA v. Bruen Amicus Brief...
CCAR colleagues: I’m going to ask you to sign on to a Supreme Court brief. If are you rushed for time, you trust me, and you just want to sign on, you can skip to the bottom of this piece. But I’d...
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