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
The Notorious I.B.G.
Friday April 18, 2025 – כ׳ נִיסָן אָמַ֥ר אוֹיֵ֛ב אֶרְדֹּ֥ף אַשִּׂ֖יג אֲחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָ֑ל תִּמְלָאֵ֣מוֹ נַפְשִׁ֔י אָרִ֣יק חַרְבִּ֔י תּוֹרִישֵׁ֖מוֹ יָדִֽי (שמות ט”ו:ט) “The foe said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall have its fill of them. I will bare my sword— My hand shall subdue them.” (Exodus 15:9 […]
Bringing the Hostages to Your Seder
Thursday April 10, 2025 – י״ב נִיסָן תשפ”ה What are you going to add to your Seder Plate this year? On Tuesday morning, I sat around a table across from the parents, siblings, aunts, and uncles of several of the 59 hostages remaining in Gaza. I listened to their painful stories, the love and affection […]
Teach Your Children Well
April 4, 2025 – ו׳ נִיסָן תשפ”ה “You, who are on the road, must have a code you try to live by And so become yourself, because the past is just a goodbye…” ~ Graham Nash, 1970 Of all the holidays in the Jewish calendar year, Pesach is the most closely related and connected to […]
Count Me In
Friday March 27, 2025 – כ״ה אִיָיר תשפ”ה בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכֹ֨ל הָעֹבֵ֜ר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ (שמות לח:כו) “…a half-shekel a head, half a shekel by the sanctuary weight, for each one who was entered in the records, from the age of twenty […]
ARZA Mourns the Loss of ARZA Past President Rabbi Stanley Davids ז”ל
March 24, 2025 – כ״ד אַדָר תשפ”ה The Association of Reform Zionists of America deeply mourns the loss of Rabbi Stanley Davids, a past President of ARZA and a champion of Reform Zionism. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1939, Rabbi Davids was ordained from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1965. Very active […]
