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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.
Rabbis Call with President Obama
We look forward to you joining us for a High Holiday call with President Barack Obama. He will share his personal greetings for the New Year and thoughts about the year...
Kotel Announcement: News Roundup
August 28, 2013
Op-Eds by Julie Schonfeld and Ashira Konigsburg
Leveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle by Julie Schonfeld [Jerusalem Post]The Women’s Section by Ashira Konigsburg [Times of Israel]About the Plan
Prayer Plaza in Jerusalem...
Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
August 28, 2013
Julie Schonfeld's remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington Interfaith Prayer Service on Wednesday, August 28, at Shiloh Baptist Church.
By Julie Schonfeld
For the Jewish community, the iconic image of our...
Leveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle
August 27, 2013
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Jerusalem Post
These have been a few puzzling days as a large platform now referred to as “Ezrat Yisrael” appeared with short notice and some confusion at Robinson’s Arch, the area at...
Keep the Ban on Pulpit Politics
August 26, 2013
By Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy and Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Hill
Earlier this month, the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations released a report recommending that the government lift the ban...
Milestones in the Struggle for Egalitarian Prayer at the Kotel and the Robinson’s Arch Initiative
August 23, 2013
The following timeline was put together by the Masorti Movement in Israel:
Since 1980, Egalitarian Masorti/Conservative minyanim have gathered and davenned without interruption in the upper Kotel plaza (on the edge of the...
The Faith Community's Role in Ending Modern-Day Slavery
August 21, 2013
By Julie Schonfeld
Modern-day slavery is a high-profit and low-risk endeavor that allows criminals, through their cruel enslavement of innocent people, to profit by $32 billion per year.
Last spring, The President's Advisory...
Resources for the High Holidays
August 21, 2013
As Jewish communities around the world gather to celebrate the new year, we hope you enjoy this collection of thought and inspiration for the High Holidays.
These articles, which draw upon Jewish tradition in the context of...
Looking Towards 5774
August 16, 2013
By Gerry Skolnik
As an unrepentant (if older and wiser) child of the sixties, I have always considered it one of the sacred tasks of parenting to insure that my children -- all four of them -- know and appreciate the music that shaped my...
White House Briefing on Peace Process
August 15, 2013
By Julie Schonfeld
Last week I attended a small meeting with a number of Jewish communal representatives with Secretary of State John Kerry and the President's National Security Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, who gave an update on...