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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.
Incitement by Chief Rabbi Amar
June 21, 2012
The Rabbinical Assembly is outraged by a letter issued on official Israeli government stationery by Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, calling for a rally at his office this coming Tuesday. The language used in the statement is...
Ramah-KOACH Internship Program
June 20, 2012
A message from RA President, Gerry Skolnik:
In my installation address at the recent RA convention in Atlanta, I spoke from my heart about the pivotal role that Ramah had played in both introducing me to, and ultimately, claiming me...
Hodesh Tov - Tammuz
"Performance Theory's Impact on Jewish Liturgy"
by Jeffrey Hoffman, Rabbi in Residence, The Academy for Jewish...
Transition and New Beginnings
June 13, 2012
By Elliot Salo Schoenberg
Adapted from The Highway,
a complete search manual for rabbis seeking new rabbinic positions
New Beginnings
William Bridges, an internationally acclaimed transition...
Resolution Opposing Anti-Israel Activities on Campus
June 6, 2012
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed resolutions opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, most recently in 2005 and attempts to delegitimize Israel in 2010;
Whereas anti-Semitism is once again on...
Resolution in Support of KOACH
June 6, 2012
Whereas KOACH, our Conservative Movement program for college students, provides the opportunity to maintain and develop connections to Conservative Judaism, promotes the Torah of Conservative Judaism on campus and provides a wide range...
Encore Conference 2012
A one-day conference at the offices of the Rabbinical Assembly 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 Conservative...
President Obama Meets with Leaders of the Conservative Movement
May 31, 2012
Washington, DC -- President Obama met yesterday with a group of Conservative rabbis and Conservative Movement leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House (See list of attendees below).
The wide-ranging discussion included a focus on...
Recognition of Non-Orthodox Rabbis is a Partial -- But Hopeful -- Victory
May 30, 2012
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in Haaretz
The decision by the Attorney General to recognize Masorti and Reform rabbis as community leaders and fund their salaries under certain limited circumstances could be an inflection...
Agunot & Memorial Day
May 22, 2012
By Ashira Konigsburg
“A Personal Message on an Important Theme.” These vague words written on the cover of a long forgotten pamphlet gave little hint as to the weight of the history found inside.
In 1942 as thousands of Jewish...