Publications & Important Messages
High Holy Days 5784 Texts and Recordings
- Address from President Aron Silverstone PDF, Video
- Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon from Rabbi Melissa Simon Video
- Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon from Rabbi Matthew Soffer PDF, Video
- Kol Nidre Sermon from Rabbi Matthew Soffer PDF, Video
- Yom Kippur Morning Sermon from Rabbi Robin Damsky PDF, Video
- Yom Kippur Morning Family Sermon from Rabbi Soffer PDF, Video
- Yizkor Sermon from Rabbi Soffer PDF
JRC Annual Meeting 2023/5783
Judea Reform and COVID-19 Preparedness
- Update to COVID-19 Protocol May 15, 2022
- IMPORTANT UPDATE: High Holy Days & Shabbat Services: August 16, 2021
- Reopening Recommendation Statement, August 2021
- Update on Reopening: April 22, 2021
- 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
Please email Jordan Wade, jwade@judeareform.org, to be added to our weekly eNotices.
Circle of Honor Donor List
October 31, 2022 - PDF
February 1, 2-23 - PDF
June 30, 2023 PDF
Staffing Announcements
- Rabbi Soffer Announces Michelle Crosbie, Dir of YEFE, May 17, 2022
- Rabbi Soffer Announces Rabbi Robin Damsky, June 30, 2022
High Holy Days 5783 Texts and Recordings
- 5783 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, Rabbi Soffer: PDF and Video
- 5783 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, Rabbi Soffer: PDF and Video
- A Rosh Hashanah Prayer from Rabbi Friedman PDF and Video
- President's Message from Heidi Tyson PDF and Video
- 5783 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, Rabbi Damsky: PDF
Important Sermons from Rabbi Matthew V. Soffer
- God's Love Extends to All, July 5783 PDF
- The American Jew and the State of Israel: Yom Haatzmaut 5783 (2023) PDF and Video
- Reflections on Antisemitism, October 5783 (2022) PDF and Video
- 5782 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5782 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5782 Kol Kidre Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5781 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5871 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5781 Kol Nidre Sermon: PDF and Video
- 5781Yom Kippur Morning Sermon: PDF and Video
- Sermon in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: PDF and Video
- Sermon: Voting in WZO Israeli Elections: PDF and Video
Special Remarks from our Community to our Community
- A Prayer at St. Joseph's AME, Eight Years After the Attack on Emmanuel AME in Charleston, SC
- Rabbinic Reflections on Overturning Roe v. Wade
- From Rabbi Soffer: In the Wake of the Massacre in Uvalde, TX
- From Rabbi Soffer: Facing the Ukraine, We Bind Prayer to Action, March 10, 2022
- From Rabbi Soffer: We Thank God, January 16th, 2022
- Grief Leave: A Time of Mourning, November 4, 2021
- Transcription and video of Heidi Tyson's President's Message (Erev Rosh Hashanah - Monday, September 6, 2021) [view video]
- Transcription and video of Ziva Raney's President's Message (Erev Rosh Hashanah - Sunday, September 29, 2019) [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:
- 2023 URJ Benchmarking Survey Presentation
- Strategic Plan (2017 to 2022)
- Mission Statement
- A Brief History of Judea Reform
- Our 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:
- JRC Resolution Supporting Reproductive Justice (March, 2023)
- NC Klei Kodesh Rabbinic Letter to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (October 19, 2021)
- A Letter from Local Synagogue Rabbis to UNC Leadership: August 13, 2021
- 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
- An Open Letter on Antisemitism from Triangle Jewish Community Leaders
- Our position on the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act (HB 437)
Our Pillars, Our Promise
On Three Things
Rabbi Soffer's message about Shabbat as worship services are canceled across the nation because of COVID-19,
broadcast on Channel 11 ABC, before Shabbat, March 20, 2020.
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