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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.
Mutuality in Jewish Marriage - Possible in Jewish Law?
Limmud
Rabbi Gail Labovitz
Originally recorded on April 29,...
Kaddish and Community: Reflecting on Gendered Perspectives
Limmud
Dr. Shuly Schwartz
Originally recorded on April 28,...
Finding God in Unlikely Places: Six Poems No Rabbi Should Be Without
Limmud
Dr. Anne Lerner
Originally recorded on April 28,...
Gender Bending in 2 Kings 4: How a Great Woman Instructs a Man of God
Limmud
Rabbi Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky
Originally recorded on April 28,...
When One Rabbi Visits Another the Result is Halakhic Change: A Close Reading of Five Very Short Talmudic Anecdotes
Limmud
Rabbi Dr. Judith Hauptman
Originally recorded on April 28,...
A Prayer for the People of Nepal
April 29, 2015
By Rabbi Naomi Levy
ונבנתה עיר על-תילה
"And the city shall be rebuilt on its ruins" (Jeremiah 30)
ועל אנשי השרון היה אומר: יהי רצון מלפניך יי אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו שלא יעשו בתיהם קבריהם
On Yom Kippur the Kohen Gadol...
Conservative Movement Stands with Women of the Wall, Charlie Kalech
April 25, 2015
NEW YORK – After passing a Torah to a member of Woman of the Wall at the Western Wall on Monday, Jerusalem resident Charlie Kalech and Alden Solovy was physically attacked by individuals at the Kotel and then subsequently Mr.
Conservative Rabbinic Leader Stands with Trafficking Victims, Applauds Senate on Unanimous Bill Passage
April 24, 2015
NEW YORK – The Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would increase protections for victims of human trafficking and punishment for offenders. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, the...
Makom: Creating Space for the Young Jews of Dallas
April 16, 2015
While one of the persistent concerns in the American Jewish community is the declining engagement of young adult Jews, in Dallas Jewish engagement of this population is strong and growing! In 2012 Rabbi David Singer, a new...
Conservative Rabbis Praise Passage of Bipartisan Iran Legislation
April 14, 2015
NEW YORK – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed a new bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (S.615), authored by Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and, in part, Benjamin L.