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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.
The Observant Life Book Club
October 16, 2013
Introducing a new book club especially for Conservative Jews! Are you sometimes interested in learning more about issues of Jewish identity, Jewish law, Jewish rituals and traditions? Do you think and talk often about your concerns as a Jew, as a...
Transforming Mid-Week Religious School: The Shaare Torah Story
October 11, 2013
By Jacob Blumenthal, Shaare Torah, Gaithersburg, MD
The Challenge:Over the past 18 months, Shaare Torah has been undergoing a "2020 Reflections" process, talking with our congregants as we determine the radical changes needed...
Repentance
October 11, 2013
"Repentance" by David H. Lincoln (pp. 412) in The Observant Life
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Individuals with Disabilities
October 11, 2013
"Individuals with Disabilities" by Edward M. Friedman (pp. 831) in The Observant Life
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The Halakhah of Co-Workers
October 11, 2013
"Among Co-Workers" by Barry J. Leff (pp. 529) in The Observant Life
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The Halakhah of Advertising
October 11, 2013
"Commerce" by Jacob Blumenthal (pp. 491) in The Observant Life
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RA and USCJ Welcome Decision by Women of the Wall to Work toward Kotel Plan
October 7, 2013
NEW YORK – In response to today’s announcement that Women of the Wall’s leadership has agreed to enter into discussions with the Israeli government regarding the proposal to establish an egalitarian section at the Western Wall Plaza, in keeping...
RA Saddened by the Passing of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
October 7, 2013
NEW YORK – Upon hearing the news of the death Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Haim Ovadia Yosef z”l, Julie Schonfeld released the following statement:
"We are saddened today to hear of the passing of a prolific...
Hodesh Tov - Heshvan
“Out of Zion: Rabbinic Travel in the 4th Century”
by Mordecai Schwartz, adjunct assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at JTS; Marion and Norman Kanzman charitable foundation distinguished scholar at the Pre-Collegiate Learning...