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Additional Piyyutim for Use on the Yamim Noraim
Although Mahzor Lev Shalem contains many more piyyutim than was true of the previous RA mahzor, several rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have requested three additional piyyutim.
Home Observances: Shabbat
One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home.
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 the world;...
Resolution on Religious Pluralism in Israel
WHEREAS the Megillat ha-Atzmaut of Israel declares that the State of Israel will guarantee freedom of religion to all of its citizens; and
WHEREAS Jewish history has shown that the Jewish religion and the Jewish people are strengthened by a...
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 Authority to...
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 People to...
Resolution on Support of Jews in The Military
WHEREAS Jews have served faithfully in the military, participating in the support and defense of the United States; and
WHEREAS Jewish members of the armed forces of the United States serve their country in distant locations, helping to bring...
Resolution in Support of International Debt Relief
WHEREAS the world’s poorest nations bear a crushing debt of more than $2 trillion borrowed from the world’s richest nations, from multilateral organizations and from private banks in the richest countries; and
WHEREAS these poor nations’ debt...
Resolution on Prayer at Public School Sporting Events
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly has consistently sought to uphold the separation of religion and state in the United States; and
WHEREAS prayers recited over public address systems at public school sporting events such as football games have been...
Resolution on The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
WHEREAS, in recognition of the importance of Torah Lishmah, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism established its Conservative Yeshivah at the Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem to offer an intensive program of study...
Resolution on Congressional Tax Cuts
Background:
In July, 1999 The House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican tax cut bill which would cut personal income tax rates, reduce capital gains taxes, eliminate federal estate taxes on very large estates, increase the marital...