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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.
RA Leader Joins National Faith Leaders in Call to White House and American People to Unite in Ending Modern-Day Slavery
WASHINGTON – Today, the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships convened to release its report, Building Partnerships to Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery, and to present the report’s recommendations to President...
Conservative Judaism and Israel: A Symposium
Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 11 No. 3, Spring 1957.
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The Meaning of Israel in the Perspective of History
By Gerson Cohen | Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 27 No. 3, Spring 1973.
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Rabbinic Call on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Listen to the recordingJoin rabbis from across the country in a conference call to hear the latest on bi-partisan immigration reform efforts in Congress and the White House, consider the Jewish traditions that guide our thinking on this issue,...
Passover Discomfort Over Slavery
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in Religion News Service
As Jewish people and our friends and guests sit down to Passover Seders, we will hold the Passover matzo aloft and recite “this is the bread of our affliction.” The...
Letter of Thanks to President Obama
New York, The following letter of thanks and congratulations was sent to President Obama on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly upon his return from visiting Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.
Dear Mr. President:
We write...
Tradition and Change
By Elliot Salo Schoenberg
My father's yahrzeit is the week before Passover. He is gone now 26 years. He always led the seder wearing the same white and blue kippah. He loved eating boiled potatoes for karpas. He would read...
A Message from Paul Plotkin of the CJLS Kashrut Subcommittee
Dear Colleagues,
The most recent issue of Kolot printed a brief summary of Rabbi Golinkin's tshuvah for the Vaad Halacha of Israel permitting kitniyot.
It has led to many congregants believing that the Conservative Movement in the...
Resources for Passover and Shavuot
We hope you enjoy this collection of thought and inspiration for Passover and Shavuot. As Jewish communities around the world gather to sit at their seider tables this year, we are thankful for the freedoms we experience every day, from ...
Reflections on Redemption, National and Personal
By Gerry Skolnik
Every year, as we prepare to celebrate the festival of Passover, I find myself struggling with the same issue. More than any other Jewish holiday, Passover lends itself to “universalization.” The theme of “from enslavement...