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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.
A Source Sheet on the Environment
January 23, 2012
This material was prepared by Ashira Konigsburg. It contains texts and translations that you might find useful in teaching about the environment.
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Texts on Humanity's Relationship to Nature
January 23, 2012
This source sheet is a collection of various Jewish texts addressing the issue of energy consumption.
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Kol Adonai b'KOACH
January 19, 2012
By Ben Goldberg
Imagine that you’re a freshman in college and it’s your first Shabbat on campus. You decide to check out the Jewish community in hope of continuing the vibrant Jewish life you came to love in your Conservative synagogue,...
Towards an Inclusive Celebration: B'nei Mitzvah for Children with Special Needs
January 5, 2012
By Paula Mack Drill, Orangetown Jewish Center, Orangeburg, NY
The Project:Every synagogue membership role includes a significant minority of families who have children with special needs; learning differences, emotional or...
Reflections on Heschel's Upcoming Yarzheit
January 5, 2012
By Jan Caryl Kaufman
I will never forget where I was on December 23, 1972 when I learned of the passing of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I was a junior in college and had gone to my evening classes at the Baltimore Hebrew...
Let There Be Light
January 1, 2012
In response to photos of the protests in Jerusalem where a misguided few dressed their children in concentration camp uniforms and yellow stars, we cannot stay silent. Whatever they meant, they told the world that their Judaism is engulfed in...
Hodesh Tov - Tevet
“Jewish-Gentile Relations in Tanaitic Halakhah”
by Moti Arad, lecturer in Talmud, Schechter...
Interview Week Rules
December 22, 2011
Congregations and Institutions are not permitted to contact candidates directly prior to interview week. This includes all phone, email, and social media contacts. This allows for a level playing field for everyone.
At the request of...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources: What Do They Really Say?Presenters:...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority: Five Necessary StepsPresenters: William LebeauDial-in...