Association of Reform Zionists of America
Equality. Democracy. Pluralism. Israel.
What is ARZA?
The Association of Reform Zionists of America is the Israel arm of the Reform Movement, representing our community to the Zionist National Institutions.
ARZA’s Mission is two-fold: to center a connection to Israel in the American Reform community, and to strengthen our Movement on the ground in Israel.
Equality. Democracy. Pluralism. Israel.
What’s New
A New Beginning
Friday October 17, 2025 – כ״ה תִּשְׁרֵי תשפ”ו They had become household names; some might say even celebrities. Just normal people living their lives prior to that fateful and tragic day — known only to their family and friends. Now, so many of us feel like we know them, know their stories, their family members. […]
A Hopeful Moment: The Deal to End the War
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כׇל־הַקָּהָל הַשָּׁבִים מִן־הַשְּׁבִי סֻכּוֹת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכּוֹת כִּי לֹא־עָשׂוּ מִימֵי יֵשׁוּעַ בִּן־נוּן כֵּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וַתְּהִי שִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד׃ נחמיה ח:זה~ “The whole community that returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in the booths—the Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day—and […]
A Twenty-Point Turn
Wednesday October 1, 2025 – ט׳ תִּשְׁרֵי תשפ”ו After nearly two years of war, there is finally a credible plan on the table to bring the war to an end, return the hostages, dismantle Hamas’s infrastructure of terror, and begin the long and arduous process of rebuilding. The 20-Point Trump plan contains a collection of […]
Two Years Later: Memory and Meaning on October 7th
The horrific and tragic morning of October 7, 2023 remains vividly seared into my memory. As I awoke to the constant buzz of updates on my phone that fateful Shabbat morning of Simchat Torah, I saw the death toll rise. At first, 40 were reported dead, then 100. Days later, we learned that almost 1,200 […]
All Eyes On The U.N.
Friday September 26, 2025 – ד׳ תִּשְׁרֵי תשפ”ו We are right in the middle of the 10 Days of Awe on the eve of Shabbat Shuva. We stand between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, between the book of life and the book of death, between what has been and what still might be. It is […]