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Resolution Affirming the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
April 6, 2016
Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image; and
Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kvod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuvah of the Committee on Jewish Law...
Resolution on African Asylum Seekers in Israel
April 6, 2016
מאי דכתיב וגר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים? תנינא רבי נתן אומר: מום שבך אל תאמר לחברך.
Whereas the Torah and the Sages insist that identifying with the vulnerable stranger is at the heart of what it means to be a Jew, and...
Resolution on Paid Family Leave in United States
April 7, 2016
Whereas throughout time Jews have placed our families at the center of our lives, beginning with the commandment to honor our fathers and mothers (Deuteronomy 5:15) and continuing with the mitzvot ha’av al ha’ben and the mitzvot ha’ben al ha’av...
Resolution on Persecuted Christians
April 7, 2016
Whereas The Rabbinical Assembly has consistently stood for the Jewish ideals of love of Mankind (Hoshea 6:6- hesed hafatsti v'lo zevah), Brotherhood (V'ahavta l'reaha Kamokha: Lev, 19:18 ), and hatred of persecution and ethnicide (lo tonu et ha-ger...
Resolution on Justice for Victims of the 1994 AMIA Bombing in Argentina
June 14, 2013
Whereas Iran has developed an aggressive diplomatic strategy of penetration into Latin America facilitated by the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, sympathetic with Iran’s anti-Israel policies;
Whereas the Argentine...
Resolution on United States Immigration Policy
June 14, 2013
“Do not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 23:9)
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is a member of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable whose signature...
Resolution in Support of the Rights and Empowerment of Women and Girls
June 14, 2013
Background:
Jewish tradition has articulated from its earliest formulation in the Torah, through such figures as Miriam and the daughters of Zelophehad, that women and girls play a crucial role in our communities. In addition, the book of...
Resolution on Combating Human Trafficking/Modern Day Slavery
June 14, 2013
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has long dedicated itself to the justice issues that serve as the underlying causes of modern-day slavery, including global poverty, worker exploitation, immigration and migration, exploitation of women and children,...
Slavery Today
August 2, 2013
This page was updated in 2020.
By Rachel Kahn-Troster (adapted from T’ruah’s Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: A Handbook for Jewish Communities; the first paragraph is adapted from www.FreeTheSlaves.net/Judaism)
Slavery is illegal...
Resolution on United States Food Policy and International Aid
May 21, 2012
Background
The United States Farm Bill, a comprehensive piece of legislation addressing many aspects of U.S. agriculture and food policy, is up for reauthorization in 2012 (see Resolution #7 which affirms RA support of SNAP [formerly known as...