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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.
Zoom for Women Rabbis
The Women's Committee of OUR RA presents:
ZOOM for Women Rabbis
BYO coffee for a virtual coffee date with other women rabbis. Connect and share in an intimate peer-led group of 6-8 people. Three sessions have been scheduled - choose whichever...
MOCA: How Rabbis Must Act at the Bedside When Someone Is Dying
When: Monday, Nov 6, 2017, at 11:30 AM ET via Zoom video conferencing
Presenter: Rabbi Joseph Krakoff
Having honest and sincere conversations around end of life issues are never easy for anyone - certainly not the individual facing...
Webinar: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Notable Changes and How They Affect You
When: Tuesday, March 13th at 3 PM ET via Zoom video conferencing
Presenter: Mitchell J. Smilowitz, CPA; CEO, Joint Retirement Board
This webinar will review the tax reform legislation enacted by Congress and signed into law at the end...
International Day of Halakhic Study 5779
The CJLS is sponsoring the International Day of Halakhic Study, a day on which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS. During the Jewish year of 5779 (2018-2019), the...
International Seminar for Halakhic Study, Fall 2019
The CJLS is sponsoring the International Seminar for Halakhic Study, a day on which Conservative/Masorti communities will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS. The date for fall 2019 was Sunday November 17, 2019. The teshuvah...
International Day of Halakhic Study 2018
The CJLS International Day of Halakhic Study is a movement-wide day on which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS.
The teshuvah selected by a survey of RA members...
International Seminar for Halakhic Study, Spring 2019
The CJLS is sponsoring the International Seminar for Halakhic Study, a movement-wide seminar in which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS.
The teshuvah...
Conservative Movement on Deadly Attack in Jersey City, Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
December 13, 2019
New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three civilians and wounding several others. This incident follows recent polling...
Antisemitism and White Nationalism: the Challenge and Our Response
November 27, 2019
The Rabbinical Assembly was honored this month to be the convener of a webinar series co-hosted with the CCAR (the Reform Rabbinic organization), the RCA (the mainstream Orthodox Rabbinic organization), and the RRA (the...
From Organic Farming to Composting: Ramah Campers and USYers Get Hands-on Lessons in Sustainability
November 27, 2019
by Renee Ghert-Zand
Every year, Ramah campers leave at the end of the summer having learned new things that they can incorporate into their lives at home. It could be more Hebrew, how to chant Torah, or how to do a layup on the basketball...