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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Ushpizin
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Seder N'tilat Lulav
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Hakafot
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot on the Hakafot for Simhat Torah, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Simhat Torah Songsheet
This ready-to-use songsheet was compiled by Ashira Konigsburg, Assistant Director of Rabbinic Services, RA.
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Conservative Rabbis Rule on Streaming Services on Shabbat and Yom Tov
May 14, 2020
NEW YORK – May 14, 2020 – Responding both to the COVID-19 pandemic and the pressure on many of its institutions to re-open buildings quickly, the Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism adopted a teshuvah (or responsum) this week...
Pre-recorded Shavuot Sessions
May 14, 2020
We are excited to share pre-recorded sessions which will feature the following teachers. They will be available and sent out shortly.
Rabbi Eddie Bernstein
Rabbi Noah Farkas
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Rabbi Aviva Fellman
Rabbi Robyn Fryer...
Livestreaming on Shabbat and Haggim
May 14, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share the teshuvah about livestreaming on Shabbat and haggim that was passed by the CJLS on Wednesday, May 13. This teshuvah, authored by Joshua Heller, had been in the works for some time. Given...
Join Us for the Abayudaya Unity Benefit Concert
May 11, 2020
Ugandan Jews are no strangers to poverty and disease, but the most recent government lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have crippled their ability to succeed in that most basic of human activities: gathering food. And though...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on the Right to Vote by Absentee Ballot
May 7, 2020
In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on state legislatures to remove unnecessary and restrictive...
Resolution on Antisemitism
May 6, 2020
Whereas, antisemitism is the most ancient form of hatred, manifesting itself in different cultures and civilizations and has reached a record high in the 40 years that the ADL has been tracking such incidents; and
Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic...
Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
May 6, 2020
“Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Sanhedrin 19b)
Whereas we hold the concepts of Tzelem Elohim and k’vod habri’ot as sacred and foundational, believing that each individual was uniquely created to...
High Holy Days Preparations
May 1, 2020
Hevre,
We hope this message finds you and your families well.
Over the past several weeks, each of us - the CA, NAASE, RA, and USCJ - has been working with synagogue leadership and colleagues within and across our networks to address the...
The Bond of Life: A Book for Mourners (Shivah Siddur)
April 30, 2020
The Bond of Life: A Book for...
Announcing Our Director of Global Rabbinic Development: Ilana Garber
April 29, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce that, starting July 1, Ilana Garber will be our Director of Global Rabbinic Development. This new position was created in response to our Strategic Plan, which focuses on developing relationships...