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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.
Yom Iyun for Chaplains
Using Modern Poetry in our Pastoral Work
Join us for a day of intense Torah learning and practical skills.
Our faculty will be Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner - an emerita member of the Department of Jewish Literature at The Jewish Theological...
Encore Conference 2015
A one-day conference at the Jewith Theological Seminary in New York to envision what retirement might look like. The seminar will focus on both the psychological and practical aspects of retirement. The Joint Retirement Board of the...
Rabbi Eytan Hammerman, Cycling Through Sukkot
July 9, 2015
Many of us are familiar with the Chabad presence during the festival of Sukkot – a mitzvah mobile equipped with a sound system that plays holiday music and young men offering Jews the chance to recite brakhot over the lulav and etrog. But...
Conservative Rabbis Applaud SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Decision
June 26, 2015
NEW YORK – In response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision today legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation, the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, released the following...
A Prayer for Charleston
June 26, 2015
By Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Count the broken hearts, dear Lord,Count the shattered dreams.Count the grieving familyAnd the parishioners who have lost their leaders.
Count the blood spattered bibles, mighty One.Count the places of prayer...
Words After Charleston, SC
June 25, 2015
By Rabbi David Kosak
Barukh she’amarWith Your words, You created worldsvariegated flowers, star shaped seed pods,the geology of craters and rangesstriations of colorthe bedrock of Your worldand pinnacle of divine hope-- people
With...
Jewish Groups Call for Shabbat of Solidarity with the African-American community
June 24, 2015
Representing all the various movements within the Jewish community, a broad coalition of organizations call for Shabbat reflection on racism in society and support for the African-American community
In an extraordinary display of unity, a...
Conservative Rabbis Horrified by Attack at South Carolina Church
June 18, 2015
NEW YORK – Following the horrific Wednesday night attack on a historic African American South Carolina church, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following statement, expressing their condolences to the community and condemnation of such...
Rabbinic Leader Applauds Creation of New Office to Combat Human Trafficking
June 12, 2015
NEW YORK – Today, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced the creation of the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), with Katherine Chon as its director. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the...
CM Leaders Respond to Misrepresentations by President Rivlin’s Office
June 8, 2015
In response to the quotes as reported by TOI and Haaretz re: other possibilities offered by President Rivlin following the second cancellation of a bar mitzvah for special needs children, the Conservative Movement clarifies the following...