Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Rabbi Rick Jacobs (he/him) is the president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the largest Jewish movement in North America, with almost 850 congregations and nearly 1.5 million members. An innovative thought leader, dynamic visionary, and representative of progressive Judaism, he spent 20 years as the spiritual leader of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, NY. Deeply dedicated to global social justice issues, he has led disaster response efforts in Haiti and Darfur.

Learn more about Rabbi Rick Jacobs.

Betty Roswell and her husband Arthur surrounded by Roswell Klal Yisrael Fellows

Israel Programs

Remembering Elizabeth “Betty” Blaustein Roswell, z"l, an Animating Presence in Our Global Reform Movement

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

January 5, 2021

Betty Roswell will continue to live on through the generations of her devoted and loving family. And she will live remain an animating presence in our global Reform Movement that she and Arthur have helped to nurture and inspire.

sign that says Reform Movement Says No to Hate and Fear

Jewish Learning

Condemning All Support for White Supremacists and Efforts to Undermine the Election

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

October 1, 2020

Americans can and do differ on many policies and candidates – but we should all join together to condemn all support for white supremacists and all efforts to undermine the election.

Judicial Nominations

Mourning Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Jewish Perspective

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

September 25, 2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Rosh HaShanah has triggered a tidal wave of grief. That she left us at the start of the new year has brought to mind the Jewish belief that righteous souls die on Jewish holy days.

The late Honey and Rudi Scheidt sitting together at the 2016 Scheidt Seminar

Remembering Helen “Honey” Scheidt, Of Blessed Memory

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

September 16, 2020

This past Shabbat, the Reform Jewish Movement lost an extraordinary soul, Helen “Honey” Scheidt. Her beloved husband, Rudi E. Scheidt, Sr., z”l, died just five months before.

Three pane window with a rainbow fingerprinted onto it and facing the outdoors

Strengthening Congregations

Early Childhood Education Centers on the Brink: Coming Together to Address Crisis

Amy Asin

Cathy Rolland, RJE

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Rachel Margolis, RJE

September 15, 2020

Although the pandemic has not altered the overall mission of our sacred work – to engage the next generation of families with young children on their Jewish journey – it has further amplified our sense of urgency and is helping to redefine and clarify our goals and priorities.

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