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Resolution in Support of Food Justice
May 21, 2012
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has, over many decades, adopted resolutions in support of better working conditions and poverty relief, going back to a resolution in support of the California Grape Boycott (1987);
Whereas agricultural workers,...
Resolution in Support of Fair Trade Practices
May 21, 2012
Background
“And when you sell something to your fellow, or buy from the hand of your fellow, don't oppress each other” (Leviticus 25:14).
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel teaches, “To us a single act of injustice – cheating in business,...
Resolution on Prison Conditions and Prisoner Isolation
May 21, 2012
Whereas the Torah prohibits excessive punishment “lest your brother be degraded before your eyes” (Deuteronomy 25:2);
Whereas we believe that every human being is created in the divine image, and therefore deserving of dignity;
Whereas the...
Resolution Affirming the Need for Socio-Economic Justice in Federal Budget Prioritization in the US
May 21, 2012
Whereas Jewish tradition commands us to “open your hand [to the poor person] and provide sufficient for the need” (Deut. 15:8); instructs that “[i]f your brother, being in straits, comes under your authority, you shall strengthen him” (Lev. 25:35);...
Resolution in Support of the Release of Alan Gross
May 21, 2012
Whereas Alan Gross was arrested in Cuba in December 2009 while on a humanitarian mission to help the small Cuban Jewish community improve internet access;
Whereas he has been incarcerated ever since, sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Cuban...
Resolution on Disturbing Trends in Europe of Concern to Jews and Other Religious Minorities
April 24, 2014
Whereas certain trends in Europe are of concern to Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities and
Whereas recent events in Hungary reflect a deliberate effort by the ruling Fidesz party that dominates the Hungarian Parliament to dismantle the...
Resolution in Solidarity with the International LGBT Community
April 24, 2014
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 kavod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuva of the Committee on Jewish Law...
Resolution on Increasing Minimum Wage and Other Supports for Low-Income Families
April 24, 2014
Whereas the Torah commands us to be concerned for fair treatment of low-wage earners: “You shall not oppress a needy and destitute laborer…you must pay him his wages on the same day…for he is needy and urgently depends on it” (Deuteronomy 24:14-15;...
Resolution on the Support of Science and Science-based Policy in Government
February 28, 2017
How great are Your works, O Lord, Your designs are very deep;
The brute does not know nor does the fool understand this. (Psalm 92)
Whereas the Jewish tradition teaches that “the seal of the Holy Blessed One, is truth.” (BT Yoma 69b) and has...
Resolution in Support of Equal Rights and Inclusion for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender (GLBT) Persons
April 6, 2011
Preamble:
“Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Brakhot 19b)
In 1990, the Rabbinical Assembly passed a resolution entitled “Gay and Lesbian Jews,” which called us to:
Work for full and equal...