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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.
Hodesh Tov - Av
"Prophet of a New Paradigm: What the Ba'al Shem Tov's Pillar Prayer Can Teach the Children of Abraham Today"
by Aubrey Glazer, Jewish Community Center of...
A Prayer in Response to the Terror Attack in Bulgaria
July 18, 2012
By Menachem Creditor
Dear God,
It is just too much. On the eighteenth anniversary of the attack that killed eighty-seven of our brothers and sisters in Buenos Aires, we have lost more of our family, this time in Bulgaria. Again. It...
Solomon Schechter Schools Will Always Be Part of the Conservative Jewish Movement
July 11, 2012
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Huffington Post
The Forward recently reported that the Solomon Schechter Day School Network is examining the possibility of spinning off as an independent organization from USCJ, the...
Statement on Jonathan Pollard
July 10, 2012
NEW YORK – On behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella organization for Conservative rabbis, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the Rabbinical Assembly’s executive vice president, said the following today:
“Jonathan Pollard has...
A Critical Role: Presbyterian Church USA Votes on Divestment
July 9, 2012
By Alvin Berkun, immediate past chair, National Council of Synagogues
I am pleased to report that, joined by two RA colleagues, we played a critical role at the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly in Pittsburgh PA last week.
I...
High Holiday Sermon Teleconference 2012
Our new RA publication, The Observant Life, will be the focus of this year’s High Holiday sermon teleconference. Its senior editor, Martin S. Cohen, will guide us on how to use many of the chapters of the book for our d’rashot for the upcoming...
Conservative Movement Condemns Decision to Outlaw Circumcision in Germany
June 29, 2012
Masorti Olami, Masorti Europe and the Rabbinical Assembly of Europe join the Central Council of Jews in Germany in condemning the decision of the district Court in Cologne to outlaw circumcision of baby boys.
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Career Development at the NCDA Conference
June 28, 2012
By Elliot Salo Schoenberg
This year’s National Career Development Association (NCDA) 2012 conference took place in Atlanta GA. Career professionals attended from all over the world. I spent a day studying social media and sharpened...
RA Affirms Health Care as a Jewish Moral Imperative & Applauds Supreme Court Decision
June 28, 2012
NEW YORK – The Supreme Court today decided to uphold the Affordable Care Act. On behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella organization for Conservative rabbis, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the RA’s executive vice president, and...
Worldwide Help for People with Disabilities
June 28, 2012
Our president and executive vice president sent this letter to members of the senate foreign relations committee to encourage the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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