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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.
Meet the Team
Rabbinical Assembly Staff Emily Neyor, Director of Career Services, JDeneyor@rabbinicalassembly.orgEmily Neyor has been with the Rabbinical Assembly since 2014. She has been working in the Career Center since 2016 and has a passion for helping...
Rabbinical Assembly Congratulates Israeli President Shimon Peres for Being Awarded Congressional Gold Medal and Lantos Foundation Human Rights Prize
June 26, 2014
NEW YORK – On the occasion of President Shimon Peres’ last official visit to the U.S., during which he was honored with both the Congressional Gold Medal and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice’s Lantos Human Rights Prize, the...
Rabbinical Assembly Saddened and Angered by the Death of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel, and Gil-ad Shaar
June 30, 2014
NEW YORK -- In reaction to the confirmed deaths of three kidnapped Israeli students, Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar, and Naftali Frankel the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, said: Since...
Life as a Lieutenant Rabbi
June 30, 2014
By Joshua Sherwin, United States Naval Acaedmy, Annapolis, MDNaval Chaplain Joshua Sherwin (JTS 2009) has the unique distinction of being the first ever fourth generation rabbinical graduate of JTS. Josh’s father, grandfather and great grandfather...
Rabbinical Assembly Expresses Grave Concern over Hobby Lobby Decision
July 1, 2014
RA calls on Administration to allow qualified corporations to utilize system for religious orgs. NEW YORK – In response to the ruling of the US Supreme Court in the cases of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell, which allows...
Prayer in Memory of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel, and Gil-ad Shaar
July 2, 2014
The Rabbinical Assembly released the following prayer, written by Rabbi Tamar Elad Appelbaum, in memory of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel, and Gil-ad Shaar. English translation by Rabbis David Ackerman and Peretz Rodman.Download PDF“Though I walk...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir
July 7, 2014
NEW YORK – In response to the Israeli authorities’ apprehension of six suspects in the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, and multiple suspects’ confession to the crime, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement: Muhammad Abu Khdeir’s...
Our Heart is in the East
July 8, 2014
Dear Friends, As this RA News is sent, the Administrative committee just ended a phone call where Mauricio Balter, our regional president, calling in from Beersheva, had to exit the call in response to a siren. He wrote that the sirens sounded 4...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Rocket Attacks on Israeli Civilians
July 8, 2014
In light of the hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas and other terrorists in the Gaza Strip that have hit Israeli targets in the past few days, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement: Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President,...
Rabbi Ari Saks and Interfaith Families in Perth Amboy
February 4, 2016
Rabbi Ari Saks has been at Congregation Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, since the summer of 2012, following his graduation from JTS. Like probably most of his peers he was faced right out of rabbinical school with the complex issues of...