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Resolution on Freedom, Democracy and the Humane Treatment of Prisoners
WHEREAS President Bush and the United States of America have undertaken the furthering of freedom and democracy around the world; and
WHEREAS we support the troops and coalition forces who are in harm’s way to achieve this end;...
Resolution on International Criminal Court
WHEREAS Jewish tradition teaches that we are not to stand idly by at the suffering of other human beings; and
WHEREAS the world community has witnessed a number of war crimes and human rights violations in the past century which continue to bring...
Resolution on Iranian Jews Accused of Spying
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...
Resolution on Behalf of Missing Israeli Soldiers
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...
Resolution on United Nations Commission on Human Rights
WHEREAS on May 4, 2001, the 54 member Economic and Social council of the United Nations voted the United States off of the Commission on Human Rights; and
WHEREAS the United States has been a leader in the fight for human rights around the world;...
Resolution in Support of International Debt Relief
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...
Resolution on Terrorism
WHEREAS Jewish tradition has its paramount principle the sanctity and pursuit of life as exemplified in the Torah with the words, “You shall keep My Laws and rules, by the pursuit of which one shall live” (Lev. 18:5) and Jewish tradition teaches...
Resolution on the Burmese Genocidal Treatment of the Rohingya Minority
April 6, 2016
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...
Resolution on Support for Syrian Refugees
April 6, 2016
Whereas the Torah enjoins us many times to treat foreigners who come to our land fairly, as in Lev. 19:34: כְּאֶזְרָח מִכֶּם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַגֵּר הַגָּר אִתְּכֶם וְאָהַבְתָּ לוֹ כָּמוֹךָ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם The strangers who...
Resolution on Racial Injustice and Police Brutality
April 6, 2016
Whereas it is the responsibility of all Americans to fight racism, both conscious and unconscious, not only in history, but in our time. Not only in the wider world but within the Jewish community; and
Whereas the Jewish community is...