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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.
Transforming Communal Prayer
Ideas that Work
Moderator: Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Panelists: Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Ed Feld, Salomon Gruenwald, Jan Uhrbach
Originally recorded on May 12,...
From Gerry Skolnik & Elliot Dorff: E-Readers
Dear Colleagues,
Several days ago, you received an email from our colleague, Chuck Simon, executive director of FJMC, informing us of his plans to offer an option to follow the Torah reading on Shabbat at a forthcoming FJMC convention...
Prophetic Teachings for the High Holy Days: A Two-Part Teleconference
Part I: Selected Portions of the Haftarot [Download the Recording] With Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible at JTS Linking important moral questions in the text to contemporary topics. Part II: Modern Day Slavery [Download the Recording]...
Encore Conference 2013
A one-day conference at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles to envision what retirement might look like. The seminar will focus on both the psychological and practical aspects of retirement. The Joint Retirement Board of the...
Reform, Conservative Jewish Organizational Leaders Visit Pollard in Federal Prison
RA, URJ, RAC rabbinical leadership renew call for immediate commutation of Pollard’s sentence
NEW YORK – On Thursday, July 11, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious...
Hodesh Tov - Av
“Current Trends in Medieval Biblical Exegesis”
by Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Materials for...
RA Celebrates Supreme Court’s Rulings on Gay Marriage
NEW YORK – In response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions today calling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and dismissing an appeal supporting an anti-gay marriage law in California, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following...
Thank You to Jan Caryl Kaufman: A Letter from Gerry Skolnik and Julie Schonfeld
Dear Friends,
Convention 2013 marks an important milestone in the history of the Rabbinical Assembly. Jan Kaufman, who has served as the Director of Special Projects since 1994, is retiring. We wish her ברכה and הצלחה as she begins this new...
Proclamation Congratulating Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on His Election as Pope
Whereas Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires was recently elected as Pope Francis;
Whereas his great commitment to interfaith dialogue, prayers and TV programs and the special consideration he has given...
Proclamation in Honor of the Centennial of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Whereas 2013 marks the centennial year of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), formerly the United Synagogue of America;
Whereas the establishment of the USCJ fulfilled a goal of Solomon Schechter, who...