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Code of Ethical Conduct Being Developed

11/30/2023 06:01:50 PM

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As you’ve heard, Temple Beth El is in the process of developing a Code of Ethical Conduct for our congregation.

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) has strongly encouraged North American congregations to establish ethics codes to encourage appropriate behavior. The URJ’s initiative is in response to a 2021 investigation of past misconduct in URJ movement spaces that included a recommendation to strengthen ethics accountability efforts.

To be clear, no ethical violations have been reported at Temple Beth El; we are developing our ethics code in line with the URJ’s movement-wide initiative.

We look forward to joining the 70+ congregations on the fast-growing list of congregations that have completed their ethics code.

The process of developing the code is almost complete, and you can expect to hear more about this in early 2024.

We thank the task force members for their work in developing the code for our congregation and the Board of Trustees for their feedback in the process.

Please contact Leslie Coff, president, or Stefanie Kushner, executive director, with any questions. 

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