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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.
A Critical Role: Presbyterian Church USA Votes on Divestment
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.
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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
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
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
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
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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Incitement by Chief Rabbi Amar
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
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
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...