In the last year of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a faith-rooted, multi-racial movement for economic justice called the... read more
As the largest Jewish denominational movement in North America, the Reform movement plays a critical role in shaping the North American Jewish response to the issues of our day. But according... read more
While there is a long history of anti-Semitism in right wing circles, anti-Jewish bias has cropped up in progressive spaces, too, creating obstacles for many American Jews to participate in or... read more
The head of a predominately black church and the leader of a confederate heritage group may make an unlikely pair, but they are part of a small group of people who have been quietly meeting since... read more
The public discourse on college campuses around the Israel-Palestine conflict has become even more polarized in the wake of the Gaza protests this spring, leaving little, if any, room for nuanced... read more
The Jerusalem Cinematheque, located on the border between East and West Jerusalem, utilizes the power of film to brings Jews and Arabs together. Previous grants from RPF has helped them subtitle movies (such... read more
More than 3,500 years after the dawn of Judaism, its texts, teachings, and culture continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Asylum Arts fosters those artists by bringing them... read more
Yiddish books tell us more about the history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe than perhaps any other source, and yet 98 percent of all Yiddish books remain un-translated and... read more
Founded by an Israeli organization dedicated to film and the power of storytelling, Greenhouse brings together filmmakers from countries throughout the Middle East—from Israel to Jordan, Syria, Egypt and more.... read more
In 1996, RPF made one of its first grants to support a rabbinic fellowship at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in New York. More than 20 years later, Rabbi Sharon Brous, one... read more