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Resolution on Religious Extremism in Israel
May 21, 2012
Whereas Israel’s Declaration of Independence proclaims equality in social and political rights, including women’s rights, stating that Israel “will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of...
Resolution on a Nuclear Capable Iran
May 21, 2012
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly passed resolutions in 2007, 2008, and 2010, expressing our concern over the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran;
Whereas the regime of Iran, and in particular its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and its religious...
Resolution In Support of the MERCAZ Olami Electoral Campaign
April 24, 2014
Whereas the worldwide Conservative/Masorti movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami andWhereas participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency has produced since 1987 an...
Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States
April 24, 2014
Whereas the Torah recognizes the need for a judicial process without bias as fundamental to the functioning of society, as it is written “you shall not render an unfair decision” (Leviticus 19:15) and
Whereas the Talmud acknowledges the role the...
For Heaven’s Sake: The Ethics of Dissent and Dialogue
May 22, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Korah, Numbers 16:1- 18:32“Civic Morality” by Rabbi Vernon Kurtz” (pp. 439-451) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
Life and Death in our Hands: Who, When, and How Do we Execute Justice?
May 22, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Pinhas, Numbers 25:10 - 30:1“Crime and Punishment,” by Rabbi Abigail Sosland, (pp. 458- 475) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
Polity and Piety: The Ethics of Warfare
March 7, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Bemidbar, Numbers 1:1- 4:17“Military Service” by Rabbi Michael Graetz, (pp. 476- 490) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
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 on Voting Rights in the United States of America
March 26, 2019
Whereas many of our Jewish sages stress the importance of a community in which the people have a voice in the selection of their leaders as Hillel taught in Pirke Avot (2:5) “Do not separate yourself from the community” and as the Talmud further...
Resolution on Voting in the 2020 US Elections
October 16, 2020
Jewish communities around the world have historically flourished in societies with healthy democracies that champion "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Jewish tradition calls upon us to pursue justice and govern ourselves...