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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.
Center for Human Dignity and Public Policy
New landing page for Center for Human Dignity and Public...
Resolution on Media Bias Against Israel
WHEREAS the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and her Arab neighbors has occupied much of the attention of American journalism, in all of its forms, since the founding of the modern State of Israel in 1948, making Israel a daily staple of...
Resolution on Civil Liberties
WHEREAS the heinous attacks of September 11, 2001 were explicitly against America and American values; and
WHEREAS one of the touchstones of American life is our regard for the civil rights and civil liberties protected by our laws and...
Resolution on Ethiopian Jewry
WHEREAS a healthy Diaspora is a critical component of modern Jewish life, and all Jews in the Diaspora are precious and worthy of our support, and the institution of the synagogue is central to the Diaspora for organization, vigor, education, and...
Resolution Supporting President George W. Bush Following the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
WHEREAS the President of the United States, George W. Bush, all those serving in our Armed Forces, and all firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency/rescue personnel, deserve the dedicated, wholehearted support and sincere gratitude of...
Resolution on the Masorti Movement in Israel
WHEREAS the Masorti Movement, writ large, includes more than 50 kehilot, many formal and informal educational programs, Machon Schechter and the efforts of the USCJ; and WHEREAS Masorti continues to work to secure Israeli’s spiritual future; and...
Conservative Judaism: The Next Twenty Years
Chair: Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Congregation B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD; director of Israel Policy and Advocacy, Rabbinical AssemblyPanelists: Rabbi Edward M. Feinstein, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA; Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder, Nashuva, Los Angeles,...
Part 1 - Brandraising Jewishly: Increasing your Visibility and Expand your Fundraision through Smarter Communications
Chair: Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin, Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation, Northfield, IL; secretary, Rabbinical AssemblyPresenter: Sarah Durham, principal and founder, Big Duck | Smart Communications for Nonprofits, New York, NY; author, Brandraising:...
Israel's Place as a Democratic State
Israel's Place as a Democratic State in the Middle East and at Home - The Place of Religious PluralismThe Hon. Tzipi Livni, Head of Kadima PartyIntroduction: The Hon. Oscar Goodman, Mayor, Las VegasWelcome: Mitchell Ogron, president, Temple Beth...
Resolution on Interreligious Dialogue
WHEREAS the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 illustrated the very worst of human nature, in the suffering and destruction that is caused by hatred of a people, a nation or a group; and
WHEREAS the firemen, police, rescue workers, and...