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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.
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority from a Gendered Perspective
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 from a Gendered PerspectivePresenters: Susan GrossmanDial-in...
The CORE: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay Leadership
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: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay LeadershipPresenters: Robert Jossen and...
A Jewish Perspective on a Secular Phenomenon
December 20, 2011
By Ashira Konigsburg, Associate Director of Rabbinic Services, RA
Another year has gone by already? Perhaps it is because time seems to fly that we find ways to mark the new year. Both the Jewish and secular calendars have developed...
Community Beit Midrash
December 20, 2011
By Micah Peltz, Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ
The Project:A few years ago, my community in Cherry Hill had been trying to figure out how to provide higher-level Jewish learning to our congregants who were ready for it. In...
Knesset Delegation Visits RA
December 20, 2011
By Stuart Weinblatt, RA Director of Israel Policy and Advocacy
Last Thursday, the RA hosted a delegation of Israeli reporters and staff of members of Knesset.
In many respects, it was our movement at its best. RA Vice President...
RA's Oldest Member to Turn 100
December 19, 2011
By Arthur Lavinsky, Beth El Congregation of Phoenix
Excerpted from a sermon delivered on December 17, 2011.
Pictured below: Rabbi Louis Barish in uniform.
Rabbi Louis Barish, a long time member of Beth El Congregation and...
Statement on the Negative Atmosphere in Israel
December 19, 2011
English | עברית
By Mauricio Balter, president of the Masorti Movement
In recent weeks we witnessed radicalization in the name of religion perpetrated by Jews whose actions desecrate God’s name. The religious extremism and...
Statement on the Recent Violent Attacks by Israeli Jewish Extremists
December 19, 2011
The Rabbinical Assembly reacts with horror at the increasing and wanton violence carried out by extremist Israeli Jews last week. Their attacks on the IDF last Tuesday at an army base in the West Bank, and the torching of a mosque in Jerusalem on...
A Funeral for a Jewish War Veteran
December 13, 2011
By Dina Shargel, Ritual Director, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY
On November 21, my family and I had the sad task of burying my father-in-law, Burton Projansky, of blessed memory. Dan Liben and I co-officiated at the graveside...
Investing in Camp Ramah
December 13, 2011
By Julie Schonfeld
Camp Ramah registrations are arriving in mailboxes around the country. Mine arrived last week.
In August, on the last day of Camp Ramah Nyack, I attended the annual רקודיה, “Festivale,” as a parent. Perhaps the most...