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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 the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
WHEREAS the prophetic call for all nations to "beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks" (Isaiah 2:4) demands an ongoing effort on behalf of every nation today to stop nuclear proliferation; and
WHEREAS in the second...
Resolution on The "Unborn Victims of Violence Act"
WHEREAS the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" (HR 2436/SR 1382) under consideration in the United States Congress treats the mother as a separate person from the fetus, in essence raising the status of the fetus to that of a person for law...
Resolution on Organ Donations
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly passed a resolution "On Educating Conservative Jews Regarding Organ Donations" at its May 1996 convention; and
WHEREAS every day as many as 200 people in the United States join the list of those awaiting organ...
Resolution on Aliyah
WHEREAS the State of Israel was founded as a homeland for the Jewish people; and
WHEREAS we recognize yeshuv ha'aretz and aliyah as mitzvot; and
WHEREAS we recognize the central contribution made to Israel through our rabbis, professionals,...
Resolution on Movement-Wide Support of Youth Programs
WHEREAS the needs of the Conservative Movement and especially of our youth are of utmost concerns to all Conservative Jews; and
WHEREAS staffing for our youth programs at the various Ramah camps and USY kinusim, conventions and encampments has...
Resolution on Durban III
Whereas the book of Psalms teaches, “Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from deceitful speech. Shun evil and do good, seek amity and pursue it.” (Psalms 34:14-15);
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is on record with previous resolutions...
Resolution on The Commutation of Jonathan Pollard’s Sentence
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed three resolutions (1992, 1994 and 1995) supporting clemency for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas this past year marked twenty-five years of incarceration for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas his sentence of life in...
Resolution in Support of Immigration to The United States
"You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19)
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has continuously and consistently advocated for the rights of immigrants in resolutions passed in 1992, 1995,...
Resolution on Amia Bombing in Buenos Aires
WHEREAS almost six years have passed since the AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires, an aggression against the Jewish community which resulted in the deaths of 86 people; and
WHEREAS the Argentine Government has been lax in investigation, trial and...
Resolution on Fair Funding for Schools in Ontario
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is constitutionally mandated to provide
for the education of every child in Ontario; and
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario currently funds the Roman Catholic
Separate School system in keeping with the...