Students are receiving this document in advance of UAHC staff and UAHC congregations, who will be receiving a mailing within the next several weeks. As students, we are not only the future professionals, lay leaders and members of Reform Congregations, but also the current Hebrew school teachers, UAHC camp staff, temple youth group advisors, song leaders and direct role models for future generations of Reform Jews. As the organization for Reform Jews on college campuses across North America, it connects Reform students to Reform college groups, college campuses to each other, and links both of these to the Reform Movement. Today's Reform college students sustain the Reform Movement. We are currently the religious school teachers, NFTY youth group advisors, and camp counselors.
College is a time of self-definition.
The need for a strong Jewish identity is essential, particularly in light of the declining rates of Jewish involvement. Many Reform college students spend at least one semester in Israel. Reform college and university students live in pluralistic communities. The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and other Jewish college and university organizations in order to best serve the needs of its college and university students. Hillel and like organizations foster a unique environment for Jewish life on campuses.