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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.
Resolution on Aliyah and Strengthening Our Presence in Israel
WHEREAS the Conservative/Masorti Movement was the first religious stream to be pro-Zionist; and
WHEREAS Medinat Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael have continued to be of central importance and paramount concern to the Conservative Movement;...
Resolution in Support of The International Year of the Volunteer
WHEREAS the United Nations has declared this year the International Year of the Volunteer; and
WHEREAS poverty is rampant in both developing and developed countries; and
WHEREAS the concept of תקון עולם and גמילות חסדים are מצוות...
Resolution on Jerusalem and The Temple Mount
WHEREAS the Temple Mount and the remnants of the Temple have been sacred to the people of Israel and to the Jewish religion for centuries; and
WHEREAS Moslem religious leaders have denied this historic connection of Judaism and the Jewish...
Resolution on Resumption of Peace Negotiations Between Israelis and Palestinians
WHEREAS successive Governments of Israel have sincerely attempted to settle the dispute with the Palestinians through negotiations for peace; and
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly deplores and condemns the decision of the Palestinian...
Resolution on United Nations Commission on Human Rights
WHEREAS on May 4, 2001, the 54 member Economic and Social council of the United Nations voted the United States off of the Commission on Human Rights; and
WHEREAS the United States has been a leader in the fight for human rights around...
Resolution on Support for Mercaz Olami Electoral Campaigns
WHEREAS the worldwide Conservative/Masorti Movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami; and
WHEREAS the participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish
Agency has...
Resolution on International Criminal Court
WHEREAS Jewish tradition teaches that we are not to stand idly by at the suffering of other human beings; and
WHEREAS the world community has witnessed a number of war crimes and human rights violations in the past century which...
Resolution on Energy and the Environment
WHEREAS many pressing energy and environmental issues facing the Nation and world are overdue for action and should become priorities for the United States Administration and Congress, Canada, and all other countries; and
WHEREAS energy...
Resolution on Election Reform
WHEREAS Judaism believes in the equality of all human beings regardless of race, creed or any other consideration; and
WHEREAS we, as Jews, believe that all Americans must have equal access to the voting process which is so central to...
Resolution on Support for Denominational Education in Ontario
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly is on record supporting equal funding for all forms of denominational education in Ontario; and
WHEREAS the government of Ontario has indicated in its prospective budget the intention to phase in a...