Publications & Important Messages
Judea Reform and COVID-19 Preparedness
- COVID-19 Update: July 2, 2020
- COVID-19 Update: May 1, 2020
- Message from our President, Ziva Raney (April 3)
- COVID-19 Update: March 12
- COVID-19 Update: March 10
- COVID-19 Update: March 2
To Receive our Weekly eNotices
Due to the pandemic this page is not being updated. Please email Loni at lhudson@judeareform.org to be added to our weekly eNotices.
Rosh Hashanah Services 2020/5781
- PDF of Sermons
- Watch Services
- Music
- Tribute to RBG
Yom Kippur Services 2020/5781
From our Annual Meeting
- We're All In, Together [View Opening Movie]
- Volunteers of the Year [View Slide Show]
- President's Report by Ziva Raney in PDF Format [View Video]
- Senior Rabbi's Report by Matthew V. Soffer in PDF Format [View Video]
Important Sermons from Rabbi Matthew V. Soffer
- Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon in PDF Format [View Video]
- Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon in PDF Format [View Video]
- Kol Nidre Sermon in PDF Format [View Video]
- Yom Kippur Morning Sermon in PDF Format [View Video]
- Sermon in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day [View Video]
- Sermon: Voting in WZO Israeli Elections.[View Video]
Special Remarks from our Community to our Community
- Transcription and video of Ziva Raney's President's Message (Erev Rosh Hashanah - Sunday, September 29, 2019) [view video]
- Transcription and video of Ziva Raney's President's Message (Erev Rosh Hashanah - Sunday, September 9, 2018) [view video]
- Fifteen Voices: Reflections on an Anshei Mitzvah Journey, a commentary by our 2019 Anshei Mitzvah Class.
- Shabbat Blessings, Lily Posner-Hess, December 2020
- Transcription and video of Ziva Raney's Mid-Year President's Message, February 2021.
Important Documents
Learn more about Judea Reform by reading our mission statement, strategic plan, history, and constitution:
Gratitude Report and Annual Reports
These reports highlight our accomplishments and acknowledge the generous support from individuals who helped make it happen!
- 2018-2019 Gratitude Report (published December 2019)
- 2016-2017 Annual Report - Interactive Flipbook
- 2016-2017 Annual Report - PDF
Where We Stand . . .
Social justice position statements, letters to officials, and other communications on the following:
- North Carolina Rabbis' & Cantors' Statement on George Floyd and Systemic Racism
- On North Carolina's Public Facility Privacy and Security Act (House Bill 2, March 2016)
- Public Policy Position Against NC Constitutional Amendment to Require Voter Identification (August 14, 2018)
- Letter to Durham's Human Relations Commission December 2018
- Letter to the Durham Human Relations Commission from Area Rabbis December 2018
- Call on Elected Officials to Condemn ICE Activity in North Carolina (Petition Signed by JRC, February 2019)
- An Open Letter on Antisemitism from Triangle Jewish Community Leaders
- Our position on the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act (HB 437)
- A Yom Hashoah Prayer Before Lighting the Memorial Candle
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