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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.
A Prayer for Victims of a Hurricane
August 31, 2017
by Rabbi Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of Nashuva in Los Angeles, CA.
Are You watching, God? Have You seen the innocent swept away? Are You listening God? Have You heard their cries? Be with them, God. Be their...
A Prayer During and in the Aftermath of a Devastating Storm
August 28, 2017
By Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA
for all those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Elohei haRuchot, God of the Winds,[1]
Fixated as we are by incalculable losses in...
Joint Statement Regarding Presidential High Holiday Call
August 23, 2017
The Rabbinical Assembly has joined the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, and Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in issuing the following statement regarding our decision not to convene a 2017...
Conservative Movement Statement on Violent Demonstrations in Charlottesville, VA
August 14, 2017
Dear Colleagues,
In the aftermath of violent demonstrations by white supremacists and their sympathizers in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulting in 3 deaths and many injuries, the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of...
The Blessing to Be Said Upon Witnessing a Solar or Lunar Eclipse
August 13, 2017
Thank you to our colleague Joshua Heller for preparing this teshuvah on the blessing to be said upon witnessing a solar or lunar eclipse.
The Blessing to Be Said Upon Witnessing a Solar or Lunar Eclipse Rabbi Joshua Heller OH...
Statement on "Blacklist" of Israel Rabbanut
July 11, 2017
The Rabbinical Assembly, in noting its many colleagues among the 160 rabbis blacklisted by the Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel, who are deemed ineligible to authenticate the Jewishness of their congregants and community...
Conservative Jews Deplore Freeze in Creating Mixed-Area Prayer Space at Western Wall
June 26, 2017
NEW YORK — Following Sunday’s announcement that the Israeli government had frozen a plan to create an egalitarian prayer section of Jersualem’s Western Wall, the Conservative/Masorti movement, as represented by the Rabbinical...
Using Siddur Lev Shalem on Shavuot
May 10, 2017
By Rabbi Edward Feld
One of the special features of Lev Shalem is that it allows for an easy flow of holiday services. Once you turn to the Amidah for Yom Tov, the rest of the service flows from there, no need to turn back...
Administrative Assistant
April 25, 2017
Description:
The Rabbinical Assembly, the international membership organization of Conservative rabbis, is hiring an Administrative Assistant to support the work of the Commission for a Vital and Connected...