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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.
Conservative Judaism: The Next Twenty Years
Chair: Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Congregation B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD; director of Israel Policy and Advocacy, Rabbinical AssemblyPanelists: Rabbi Edward M. Feinstein, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA; Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder, Nashuva, Los Angeles,...
Resolution on the Masorti Movement in Israel
WHEREAS the Masorti Movement, writ large, includes more than 50 kehilot, many formal and informal educational programs, Machon Schechter and the efforts of the USCJ; and
WHEREAS Masorti continues to work to secure Israeli’s spiritual...
Resolution Supporting President George W. Bush Following the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
WHEREAS the President of the United States, George W. Bush, all those serving in our Armed Forces, and all firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency/rescue personnel, deserve the dedicated, wholehearted support and sincere gratitude of...
Resolution on Ethiopian Jewry
WHEREAS a healthy Diaspora is a critical component of modern Jewish life, and all Jews in the Diaspora are precious and worthy of our support, and the institution of the synagogue is central to the Diaspora for organization, vigor, education, and...
Resolution on Civil Liberties
WHEREAS the heinous attacks of September 11, 2001 were explicitly against America and American values; and
WHEREAS one of the touchstones of American life is our regard for the civil rights and civil liberties protected by our laws and...
Resolution on Media Bias Against Israel
WHEREAS the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and her Arab neighbors has occupied much of the attention of American journalism, in all of its forms, since the founding of the modern State of Israel in 1948, making Israel a daily staple...
Resolution on Interreligious Dialogue
WHEREAS the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 illustrated the very worst of human nature, in the suffering and destruction that is caused by hatred of a people, a nation or a group; and
WHEREAS the firemen, police, rescue workers,...
Resolution on Terrorism
WHEREAS Jewish tradition has its paramount principle the sanctity and pursuit of life as exemplified in the Torah with the words, “You shall keep My Laws and rules, by the pursuit of which one shall live” (Lev. 18:5) and Jewish tradition teaches...
Resolution on Israel
WHEREAS the State of Israel is the spiritual homeland of the Jewish People and an object of ultimate concern for Jews, creating an unbreakable bond between Israel and Jews all over the world; and
WHEREAS the hope of the Oslo peace accords...
Resolution on Health Care for the Poor
Background:
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Created as part of the historic, bipartisan Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is the largest single expansion...