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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.
Taking A Stand For Unity
March 20, 2016
This week, we will join 20,000 fellow Jews in Washington, DC for the annual AIPAC policy conference. And this year, as in prior election years, the leading presidential candidates—Donald Trump among them—will take the stage to address...
Rabbinical Assembly Responds to Right-Wing Efforts to Disparage Non-Orthodox Jews
March 18, 2016
Calls for Swift Implementation of Kotel Deal
NEW YORK – In the weeks since the historic agreement to create a permanent space for pluralistic and egalitarian prayer at the...
2016 RA Convention: RAbbis Creating Our Future Together
March 14, 2016
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Moca Monday for Canadian Congregations
Originally recorded on January 14, 2016
MOCA is a teleconference for synagogues and institutions in placement. The purpose is both to teach our communities about best practices in the search process and to keep your institution informed in...
Yom Iyun: A day of study, celebration and exploration of Siddur Lev Shalem
Co-sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly, Cantors Assembly and JTS Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts - Register Now
Tuesday April 5, 2015, 8:45 am-3:30 pm at JTS
8:45-9:25 am | Registration (JTS lobby); Coffee/tea, muffins/fruit - Lobby...
Conservative Rabbis Mourn the Loss of an American Tourist, Stand with Israel in Combatting Terrorism
March 9, 2016
NEW YORK – Following reports of a wave of terror attacks in Israel on Tuesday in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Petah Tikva, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, released the following statement:...
Lessons from the Search for a New Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic
February 18, 2016
By Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg
Since I appreciate Classical Music, I have been following the progress of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Last year, their long time conductor, Alan Gilbert, announced his resignation. A new conductor,...
The Status of Non-Jews in Jewish Law and Lore Today
February 4, 2016
On April 21, 2016 the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly unanimously approved a teshuvah entitled The Status of Non-Jews in Jewish Law and Lore Today nullifying any provisions in Jewish civil law that are...