Michael Laufer submission (revised by ML)

Longer version

The Reform Movement creates and sustains sacred communities.

Inspired by our long tradition and the words of our Prophets, our communities link our tradition with the dynamism and promise of our contemporary lives.

Our communities are physical and virtual, large and small, and welcoming to all.  We provide all Jews, and those seeking Jewish connection, with a

strong sense of belonging and of being in relationship with others.

Most importantly, our communities make Judaism and our personal relationship with God relevant to our everyday emotional, spiritual and intellectual

lives.

Shorter version

The Reform Movement creates and sustains sacred communities which make Judaism relevant to everyday life.

A Bold Vision (submitted by Sam Joseph)

We are in the Jewish People making business
Synagogue membership is all about growing emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually as Jews. God and Judaism is reflected in all our life…personal, family, work and community. We take seriously the religious meanings and possibilities that congregational life presents us.
(Thanks to Gil Rendle and Ed White of the Alban Institute and Dale Glasser of the URJ.)

Steven Windmueller submission

Building a Vision Statement for Reform Judaism

We are Reform Jews: We are the Jewish Future!

As a Movement, we are committed to these five principles:

• Community: Re-envisioning the Idea and Reality that Every Jew is Sacred  and that each Community is Distinctive and Holy
• Continuity: Drawing on our Past, Building for the Global Future
• Connection: Focusing on the Value and Uses of Technology while Embracing New Modes of Communication in Reaching and Engaging our Community, and Beyond.
• Collaboration: Preserving and Creating Networks of Relationships of those within our Movement, and Beyond
• Creativity: Imagining and Building the Future by Employing our Shared  Institutional Resources and Collective Talents

Toward achieving our shared vision, we propose the following:

1. Leadership Academy: Investing in an International Jewish Training Center for our Movement for Lay and Professional Development
2. Fund for Congregational Innovation and Change: Forming and Sustaining a Jewish Resource Bank
3. Center for Informal Jewish Learning and Living: Supporting an Initiative to Study and Support New Models of Community Engagement and Innovation
4. New Initiative on Liturgy and Learning: Creating the Sacred Resources to Support Jewish Study and Prayer
5. Communications Laboratory: Developing Technology to Serve our Institutions and Communities

Paul Cohen submission

In the Reform Movement, inspired by the words of our prophets, Jews create and sustain sacred communities, where the depth and variety of our unique, ancient inheritance meets the dynamism and promise of our modern lives.

Holo & Stein submission

In the Reform movement, Jews create and sustain sacred communities where the depth and variety of our unique and ancient inheritance meets the dynamism and promise of our contemporary lives.