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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.
Urgent Letter to President Rivlin
June 7, 2015
Dear President Rivlin,
With great sadness and with deep sorrow, we have no choice but to write this letter to you.
About one month ago, the Mayor of Rehovot ordered the cancellation of the Bar...
Eit Ratzon 2015: Tentative Schedule
June 1, 2015
9:00 - 9:30 AMBreakfast & Welcome9:30 - 10:30 AMPrinciples of Transition: Letting Go10:30 - 11:30 AMThe Blessings of the Neutral Zone11:30 - 11:45 AMBreak11:45 AM - 1:00 PMNew BeginningsRole ExpectationsFirst Tasks 1:00 - 2:00 PMLunch2:00 - 3:00...
Rabbi Eric Woodward and Eitzat Yitro in Columbus, Ohio
May 28, 2015
Eric Woodward (JTS 2013) describes himself as a rabbi who grew up in a “non-normative family” (his father is not Jewish, but his mother is) and has drawn on this experience in creating “Eitzat Yitro”, a unique program at Congregation Tifereth...
Conservative Movement Calls on PM Netanyahu to Ensure Rights of All Israelis
May 6, 2015
Sends Open Letter in Response to Cancellation of Rehovot B’nei Mitzva for Children with Disabilities
NEW YORK -- Following the cancellation of the b’nei mitzva ceremony of children with disabilities by Mayor Rahamim Malul...
Conference Closing
Opening Remarks: Rabbi Steven WernickKavanah: Rabbi Stewart VogelOriginally recorded on April 29,...
The Ordination of Women as a Model for the Process of Halakhic Change in the Conservative Movement
Introduction: Rabbi Philip ScheimSpeakers: Rabbi Gordon Tucker & Rabbi Pamela BarmashOriginally recorded on April 29,...
Tribute Dinner
Welcome: Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields, conference co-chairRemarks: Rabbi Arnold GoodmanDvar Torah: Rabbi Jan Caryl KaufmanPresentations: Rabbi Gilah DrorKavanah & Birkat Hamazon: Rabbi Marion ShulevitzOriginally recorded on April 28,...
Keynote: A Mother-Daughter Dialogue: Women and Judaism - How far have we come, where are we now, what's ahead?
Opening Remarks: Rabbi Julie SchonfeldSpeakers: Letty Cottin Pogrebin & Abigail PogrebinOriginally recorded on April 28,...
Keynote Panel: 30 Years Later - How has the ordination of women by JTS impacted the Conservative movement and the American Jewish community?
Welcome: Rabbi Debra Newman KaminIntroduction: Rabbi William GershonModerator: Chancellor Arnold M. EisenPanelists: Alisa Robbins Doctoroff, Blu Greenberg & Francine KlagsbrunOriginally recorded on April 28,...