Reform Jewish Community of Canada

Who we are:

Formerly the Canadian Council for Reform Judaism, the Reform Jewish Community of Canada provides vision and voice to build strong communities that, together, transform the way people connect to Judaism and change the world. Our legacy, reach, leadership, and vision ensure we can unite thousands of years of tradition with modern experience to strengthen Judaism today and for generations to come.

More than 30,000 Canadians are affiliated with 25 Reform congregations across Canada who are also members of the North American Reform community which has at its core the 850-congregation strong Union for Reform Judaism, or URJ.

RJCC’s Key Roles: 

A. Convene and connect, creating opportunities to bring stakeholders together to network with, learn from and take action with each other.   

B. Facilitate access to internal and external resources and expertise. 

C. Represent the Canadian Reform Community on national issues to external stakeholders including national Jewish organizations.   

D. Fundraise for national Canadian Reform Community initiatives including securing special project donations and endowments to support implementation of national priorities.   

E. Steward the necessary legal, governance, financial and organizational activities required to operate the RJCC and the RJCC Pension Plan. 

F. Carry out communications, research, consultation, documentation and administrative support to enable the above activities.