Our Mission

The UTJ is a trans-denominational education and outreach organization dedicated to promoting the principles of traditional Judaism. We support and encourage traditional Jewish practice among individuals, congregations, institutions, scholars and religious leaders across the spectrum of the Jewish community. Our programs and resources are used by a wide range of synagogues, schools, and other Jewish institutions. Our goal is to bring the greatest possible number of Jews closer to an open-minded, observant Jewish life.

News

	Save Darfur Coalition Thank you for joining us in speaking out against genocide at the Save Darfur Rally. For further information about the Save Darfur Coalition, please click here. (Read more)
	Kosher Nexus Blog - A Daily Diary for Kashrut The fun never stops as we introduce you to the kosher world. This kosher blog offers an amazing array of tips, recipes, restaurants reviews and observations of our kosher world. (Read more)
	ITJ Information and Rav Halivni's Lectures Available The Institute of Traditional Judaism, The Metivta, is an exciting young institution combining intensive Torah study, a profound love of the entire Jewish people, and a deep regard for the world in which we live. In the words of our Reish Metivta, the world renowned Talmud scholar, Rabbi Dr. David Weiss Halivni, "Our school strives to impart emunah tzerufah v'yosher da'at, genuine faith combined with intellectual integrity and ahavat Yisrael". (Read more)
	UTJ and Fairleigh Dickinson Offer Program The Union for Traditional Judaism is partnering with Fairleigh Dickinson University to offer a joint program leading to a Master of Public Administration degree, with a specialization in Jewish Communal Service. The move, by the Union for Traditional Judaism's Institute of Traditional Judaism and Fairleigh Dickinson University, is designed to better prepare tomorrow's Jewish communal leaders and workers for the organizational challenges they face in synagogues, Jewish schools, communal agencies and the other Jewish organizations in which they may work. (Read more)
	Program For Future Rabbis and Laity To help fight the dearth of qualified candidates for rabbinic study affecting the Jewish movements throughout North America, the Union for Traditional Judaism announced a unique program to provide intensive, one-year preparation for students who can then apply for training in the rabbinic program of their choice. The new Mekhinah Program will be offered by the UTJ's Institute of Traditional Judaism (the Metivta). It will offer a year of in-depth study of classical Jewish texts. The program will also be open to lay people - both men and women -- interested in a year of intensive beginner's training in Jewish texts and observance. (Read more)
	Sassoon's Torah Insights Available The Union for Traditional Judaism is pleased to announce the publication of "Destination Torah: Reflections on the Weekly Torah Readings" by noted scholar Hakham Isaac S.D. Sassoon. Sassoon, a leading figure at the UTJ's Metivta, the Institute of Traditional Judaism, was keynote speaker at the Rabbi Saul Lieberman yahrzeit in 2001 and, more recently, served as scholar-in-residence at the UTJ's Shabbaton. (Read more)
	Jewish Living Will Jewish law (Halakhah) and tradition assume the sanctity of life. Thus, we do not permit euthanasia. Yet, in certain circumstances, it could be permitted to withhold some measures that artificially prolong life. Such life-and-death crises are not simply legal or medical matters, nor are they matters of mere personal choice. They are matters of the spirit and soul. To lessen some of the trauma connected with these decisions, we have prepared a suggested text for a living will and health care proxy / power of attorney. They require that life and death decisions, including the question of organ transplant, be made within the context of Jewish law and tradition. (Read more)
	Newsletter Archive for Kosher Nexus Back issues of the Kosher Nexus Newsletter can be found here. (Read more)

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