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The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), is an organization that supports Reform Jewish congregations in North America. The current president is Rabbi Richard Jacobs,〔 and chairman of the board is Stephen Sacks. == History and recent activities == The origins of the Union for Reform Judaism began with the founding of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise in 1873, based at Cincinnati, Ohio. At the time, it consisted of 34 congregations. In 1951, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations relocated its headquarters to New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 History - Union for Reform Judaism )〕 On November 7, 2003, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations was officially renamed the Union for Reform Judaism by a vote of the General Assembly at the organization's Biennial Convention. The organization's name was changed because the form name reflected Wise's unrealized expectation that the whole of American Jewry would eventually affiliate with the Reform movement. It was also changed because the former name referred to the archaic word Hebrew rather than the more modern word Judaism; and also because the former name failed to acknowledge the Reform-affiliated congregations outside the United States.〔 The organization is often referred to simply as "the Union". As of 2012, over 900 synagogues were affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism.〔 In 1875, the organization created Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Cincinnati, the Reform movement's seminary to train rabbis and later cantors and other Jewish professionals. In 1950, Hebrew Union College college merged with the Jewish Institute of Religion, a Reform rabbinical college founded in 1922 by Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, and located in New York City. Rabbis in URJ-member temples are members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). In 2008, Stacy Offner became the first female vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism, a position she held for two years.〔(Rabbi Offner ), Union for Reform Judaism website. Retrieved 2011-11-05.〕〔(What's Rabbi Offner up to Now? )〕 Along with other agencies such as the American Jewish Committee and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Union for Reform Judaism condemned a move in mid-2014 by the United States Presbyterian Church to divest from companies that do business with Israel settlements.〔http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-groups-condemn-US-Presbyterian-Church-vote-to-divest-from-Israel-360215〕 In 2015, Daryl Messinger became the first female chair of the Union. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Union for Reform Judaism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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