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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
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
Tishah B'Av Resources
Most of these resources have been excerpted from Siddur Tisha B'Av PDF, Copyright 2003, The Rabbinical Assembly.
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Letter to Ambassador CdeBaca Regarding Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls
Dear Ambassador CdeBaca,
We write to you as a former member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international member organization for over 1700...
Convention 2014 Live Streaming Schedule
A number of sessions at the 2014 RA Convention will be streaming live over the internet. If you can't make it to Convetion in person, please join us online!
NOTE: All times are Centreal Daylight Time
To view streaming content,...
Update from last week's CJLS meeting
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards met on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and discussed 9 papers on a variety of issues:
Three teshuvot were passed:
Letters of Recommendation by Elliot Dorff and Marc...
Letter to Ambassador Rice in advance of her upcoming visit to Israel
Dear Ambassador Rice,
As you prepare for your upcoming trip to Israel in the coming days, I would like to wish you a nesiyah tovah, a good journey, on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly. It is auspicious that your journey coincides with...
Actually, J Street Won
By Gerald Skolnik
Originally posted on The Jewish Week
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you win, but really lose. And then other times you lose, but really win.
On the face of it, J Street...
Fear and exclusion of J Street is misguided and destructive
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted on Haaretz
As Israel and the Jewish community worldwide face an increasingly unstable Mideast, an Iran with nuclear ambitions and a stalled peace process, it is not surprising that...
Rabbinical Assembly to Support J Street membership in Conference of Presidents
In advance of a vote of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations that will determine whether the organization J Street will be granted membership, Rabbinical Assembly President Rabbi Gerald Skolnik and Executive Vice...
Proclamation on the Founding of the Zacharias Frankel School in Berlin and the Yeshiva in Santiago, Chile
Whereas the efforts of Masorti Olami to build, renew and strengthen Jewish life in existing and developing communities throughout the world are essential to supporting and expanding the Conservative/Masorti movement...
Resolution on Conversion, Intermarriage & Patrilineal Jews
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly approved a Resolution on Keruv Programming in 1991, resolving that “educational and training programs be established at all levels to help synagogue professionals and lay leaders learn how to interact...
Resolution on Increasing Minimum Wage and Other Supports for Low-Income Families
Whereas the Torah commands us to be concerned for fair treatment of low-wage earners: “You shall not oppress a needy and destitute laborer…you must pay him his wages on the same day…for he is needy and urgently depends on it”...