Resolutions

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has taken seriously the “614th commandment” of “Never Again!,” the compelling covenantal responsibility deriving from our people’s painful history of oppression and persecution and Whereas the Rohingya Muslim...

Whereas the efforts of Masorti Olami to build, renew and strengthen Jewish life in existing and developing communities throughout the world are essential to supporting and expanding the Conservative/Masorti movement and Whereas over 135 kehillot...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly approved a Resolution on Keruv Programming in 1991, resolving that “educational and training programs be established at all levels to help synagogue professionals and lay leaders learn how to interact constructively...

Whereas the Torah commands us to be concerned for fair treatment of low-wage earners: “You shall not oppress a needy and destitute laborer…you must pay him his wages on the same day…for he is needy and urgently depends on it” (Deuteronomy 24:14-15;...

Whereas the Torah recognizes the need for a judicial process without bias as fundamental to the functioning of society, as it is written “you shall not render an unfair decision” (Leviticus 19:15) and Whereas the Talmud acknowledges the role the...

Whereas Jewish tradition teaches the value of pikuah nefesh - saving a life - and that if we save a life, it's as if we have saved the entire world and Whereas Jewish tradition teaches “And for every stumbling block that threatens lives, one...

Whereas Jewish tradition has the tradition of sanctifying ourselves through food with blessings, teachings and the scrupulous observance of kashrut and Whereas the thrust of rabbinic teachings about kashrut and gneyvat da’at (deception)...

Whereas a human being mints many coins from the same mold and they are all identical, but the Holy Blessed One strikes us all from the mold of the first human and each one of us is unique (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5) and Whereas the Torah states that...

Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image and Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kavod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuva of the Committee on Jewish Law...

Whereas certain trends in Europe are of concern to Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities and Whereas recent events in Hungary reflect a deliberate effort by the ruling Fidesz party that dominates the Hungarian Parliament to dismantle the...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has expressed its support of conversions of those committed to Jewish life in accordance with halakhah in the State of Israel from all main streams of Judaism and Whereas conversion is a direct channel to the...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has long been committed to the Zionist goal articulated in Israel's Declaration of Independence to "ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex"...

Whereas the worldwide Conservative/Masorti movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami andWhereas participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency has produced since 1987 an...

Whereas according to The Baltimore Jewish Times of November 27, 2009, Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman “had wanted to be a rabbi since her days in junior high school” and became Baltimore’s first female rabbi, ordained at Hebrew Union College Jewish...

Whereas having received a Master’s Degree in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbi Amy Eilberg taught at Midreshet Yerushalayim, the egalitarian yeshiva program run by JTS in Israel and following the tabling of a resolution on the...

Whereas Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires was recently elected as Pope Francis; Whereas his great commitment to interfaith dialogue, prayers and TV programs and the special consideration he has given to Judaism and the...

Whereas 2013 marks the centennial year of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), formerly the United Synagogue of America; Whereas the establishment of the USCJ fulfilled a goal of Solomon Schechter, who understood the...

Whereas the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano (SRL) Marshall T. Meyer is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its establishment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, thanks to the vision of its founder Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer, z”l ; Whereas the SRL has...

Whereas the book of Psalms teaches and we recite in our liturgy, “When Adonai restored our exiles to Zion, it was like a dream.” (Psalms 126:1), the Jewish People began achieving that dream sixty five years ago with the establishment of the...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has long dedicated itself to the justice issues that serve as the underlying causes of modern-day slavery, including global poverty, worker exploitation, immigration and migration, exploitation of women and children,...