Resolutions

WHEREAS the State of Israel is the spiritual homeland of the Jewish People and an object of ultimate concern for Jews, creating an unbreakable bond between Israel and Jews all over the world; and WHEREAS the hope of the Oslo peace accords was that...

Background: The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Created as part of the historic, bipartisan Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is the largest single expansion of health...

WHEREAS Jewish tradition teaches “Open your hand [to the poor person] and provide sufficient for the need” (Deut. 15:8), and “Just as God clothed the naked…so too you must supply clothes for the naked [poor]” (Talmud B. Sotah 14a);” and WHEREAS...

Whereas the Internet has been a great advance in human communication, and in particular has provided far-reaching resources and opportunities for Jewish study; Whereas the Internet has also opened many opportunities for invasion of privacy,...

Whereas Jewish law mandates that the community provide affordable health care, as evidenced in a responsum on Medical Issues: “It has been enacted that in every place in which Jews live, the community sets aside a fund for care of the sick. ...

"You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19) Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has continuously and consistently advocated for the rights of immigrants in resolutions passed in 1992, 1995,...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed three resolutions (1992, 1994 and 1995) supporting clemency for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas this past year marked twenty-five years of incarceration for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas his sentence of life in...

Whereas the book of Psalms teaches, “Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from deceitful speech. Shun evil and do good, seek amity and pursue it.” (Psalms 34:14-15); Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is on record with previous resolutions...

WHEREAS the needs of the Conservative Movement and especially of our youth are of utmost concerns to all Conservative Jews; and WHEREAS staffing for our youth programs at the various Ramah camps and USY kinusim, conventions and encampments has...

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...