Resolutions

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is constitutionally mandated to provide for the education of every child in Ontario; and WHEREAS the Government of Ontario currently funds the Roman Catholic Separate School system in keeping with the...

WHEREAS almost six years have passed since the AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires, an aggression against the Jewish community which resulted in the deaths of 86 people; and WHEREAS the Argentine Government has been lax in investigation, trial and...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly passed a resolution "On Educating Conservative Jews Regarding Organ Donations" at its May 1996 convention; and WHEREAS every day as many as 200 people in the United States join the list of those awaiting organ...

WHEREAS the world’s poorest nations bear a crushing debt of more than $2 trillion borrowed from the world’s richest nations, from multilateral organizations and from private banks in the richest countries; and WHEREAS these poor nations’ debt...

WHEREAS Jews have served faithfully in the military, participating in the support and defense of the United States; and WHEREAS Jewish members of the armed forces of the United States serve their country in distant locations, helping to bring...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly has consistently sought to uphold the separation of religion and state in the United States; and WHEREAS prayers recited over public address systems at public school sporting events such as football games have been...

WHEREAS the prophetic call for all nations to "beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks" (Isaiah 2:4) demands an ongoing effort on behalf of every nation today to stop nuclear proliferation; and WHEREAS in the second...

Background: In July, 1999 The House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican tax cut bill which would cut personal income tax rates, reduce capital gains taxes, eliminate federal estate taxes on very large estates, increase the marital...

WHEREAS the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" (HR 2436/SR 1382) under consideration in the United States Congress treats the mother as a separate person from the fetus, in essence raising the status of the fetus to that of a person for law...

WHEREAS, in recognition of the importance of Torah Lishmah, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism established its Conservative Yeshivah at the Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem to offer an intensive program of study...

WHEREAS the State of Israel was founded as a homeland for the Jewish people; and WHEREAS we recognize yeshuv ha'aretz and aliyah as mitzvot; and WHEREAS we recognize the central contribution made to Israel through our rabbis, professionals,...

WHEREAS Masorti Judaism is a worldwide movement whose purpose is to strengthen traditional Judaism in the modern world; and WHEREAS the absence of Jewish religious pluralism in so many Jewish communities deprives contemporary Jews of attractive...

WHEREAS the State of Israel is the State of all Jews; and WHEREAS the nature of Judaism in the State of Israel has a major effect on Judaism everywhere; and WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly and the Conservative Movement both realize that they must be...

WHEREAS the Megillat ha-Atzmaut of Israel declares that the State of Israel will guarantee freedom of religion to all of its citizens; and WHEREAS Jewish history has shown that the Jewish religion and the Jewish people are strengthened by a...

WHEREAS 13 Iranian Jews were arrested and jailed on suspicion of spying for Israel and for the United States; and WHEREAS both Israel and the United States deny these charges vehemently; and WHEREAS this situation has caused great concern...

WHEREAS the State of Israel is gravely concerned about Israeli soldiers who are missing and whose condition is unknown; and WHEREAS the Geneva Conference mandates that the whereabouts of soldiers missing in action be made known even to enemy...

WHEREAS the Conservative/Masorti Movement was the first religious stream to be pro-Zionist; and WHEREAS Medinat Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael have continued to be of central importance and paramount concern to the Conservative Movement; and WHEREAS the...

WHEREAS the United Nations has declared this year the International Year of the Volunteer; and WHEREAS poverty is rampant in both developing and developed countries; and WHEREAS the concept of תקון עולם and גמילות חסדים are מצוות בין אדם לחבירו in...

WHEREAS the Temple Mount and the remnants of the Temple have been sacred to the people of Israel and to the Jewish religion for centuries; and WHEREAS Moslem religious leaders have denied this historic connection of Judaism and the Jewish People to...

WHEREAS successive Governments of Israel have sincerely attempted to settle the dispute with the Palestinians through negotiations for peace; and WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly deplores and condemns the decision of the Palestinian Authority to...