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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 Ambassador Michael Oren
We invite you to join Ambassador Michael Oren for a conversation with rabbis throughout the United States. Ambassador Oren will reflect on this past year and look to challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the American Jewish community in the...
Body Image: What are We Ashamed of?
August 13, 2013
By Mark Greenspan
Parashat B’reishit, Genesis 1:1-6:8
"Public Appearance and Behavior" by Gordon Tucker (pp. 373) in The Observant Life
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Chicago Conversion Bet Din Not Endorsed by the RA
August 13, 2013
The Rabbinical Assembly, the international membership association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis has received numerous queries regarding an organization known as the “Chicago Conversion Beit Din.” The Chicago Conversion Beit Din, one of whose...
Hodesh Tov - Elul
“The Prayer for the Government: Political Functions of Liturgy”
by Robert Scheinberg, United Synagogue of Hoboken
Materials for Download:The "congregational" version of this presentation (includes some scans of siddurim)
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A Conversation with Brigadier General Amira Dotan
Co-hosted by Lilith Magazine and the Rabbinical Assembly. Introduction by Malcolm Thomson.
Amira Dotan is a former Knesset member and the first woman to attain the rank of brigadier general in the Israeli Defense Forces.
General...
Protect Newborns, Not an Ancient Ritual
August 2, 2013
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Daily News
This year’s mayoral race has a canary in the mine — an issue affecting a small number of people that can determine whether the character of the mayoral candidates will be...
Slavery Today
August 2, 2013
This page was updated in 2020.
By Rachel Kahn-Troster (adapted from T’ruah’s Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: A Handbook for Jewish Communities; the first paragraph is adapted from www.FreeTheSlaves.net/Judaism)
Slavery...
Take Action - Leading Up to and On The Festival of Freedom
August 2, 2013
PREACH AND TEACH
To connect the plight of slaves today to the story of Jewish liberation:
Deliver a Shabbat Hagadol or Passover sermon(s) on the topic of modern slavery and Jewish responsibility. The Rabbinical Assembly has...
RA Welcomes Announcement About Resumed Middle East Peace Talks
July 28, 2013
NEW YORK – In response to the U.S. State Department’s announcement today that Secretary of State John Kerry has brought Israeli and Palestinian leadership together to meet in Washington to resume peace talks, scheduled to begin Monday, July 29,...
Career Development Conference
Join us at the offices of the RA for a day of reflection, personal branding and enhancement of your presentation skills. There are many job search resources in the marketplace, yet there are aspects of the rabbinic process that are...