Publications

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

• President Heidi Tyson's Remarks
• Rabbi Soffer's Remarks

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)
  • Letter to the General Assembly about House Bill 437, signed by Rabbi Franken and Board President Ziva Raney
  • Text of House Bill 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.