The Jewish Federation of Indianapolis (JFGI) received a grant in early 2018 to help fund two new programs that aim to increase Jewish learning and ritual involvement, especially among intermarried … Read More
NCEJ Outreach Grants Awarded to Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Affiliates
The Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) received a $10,000 grant from NCEJ in January 2017 for a new “Outreach” initiative to encourage individual sisterhoods to develop innovative programming to engage … Read More
The “Conversion” Conversation
There’s a range of opinions on when to talk about conversion. This article, which appeared in CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism in 2014, is quite thought provoking for anyone involved … Read More
You Never Know When Someone Will Want to Convert
This article shows the importance of welcoming — and why NCEJ gives out grants for outreach and conversion efforts. –Ellen Why I Converted to Judaism While 7 Months Pregnant By … Read More
Finding a Way to Judaism
Here’s a story from reformjudaism.org I just came across about a woman who was brought up in another faith but found her home in Judaism as an adult. We need … Read More