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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 Affirming the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
April 6, 2016
Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image; and
Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kvod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuvah of the Committee on Jewish Law...
Resolution on African Asylum Seekers in Israel
April 6, 2016
מאי דכתיב וגר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים? תנינא רבי נתן אומר: מום שבך אל תאמר לחברך.
Whereas the Torah and the Sages insist that identifying with the vulnerable stranger is at the heart of what it means to be a Jew, and...
Resolution on Paid Family Leave in United States
April 7, 2016
Whereas throughout time Jews have placed our families at the center of our lives, beginning with the commandment to honor our fathers and mothers (Deuteronomy 5:15) and continuing with the mitzvot ha’av al ha’ben and the mitzvot ha’ben al ha’av...
Resolution on Persecuted Christians
April 7, 2016
Whereas The Rabbinical Assembly has consistently stood for the Jewish ideals of love of Mankind (Hoshea 6:6- hesed hafatsti v'lo zevah), Brotherhood (V'ahavta l'reaha Kamokha: Lev, 19:18 ), and hatred of persecution and ethnicide (lo tonu et ha-ger...
Resolution Against Anti-Muslim Bigotry and for Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
April 7, 2016
Whereas core Jewish values demand that we do not stand idly by while the blood of our neighbors is shed; and
Whereas Jewish tradition asserts that human beings are created in the Divine Image and that all life is sacred; and
Whereas Muslims...
CJLS Update
April 12, 2016
The CJLS met this past week at JTS. During the meeting, the committee approved three teshuvot:
The first teshuvah was on the permissibility of physician strikes by Jay Stein. Apart from responding to issues of changing health care, he...
Siddur Lev Shalem Resources
April 13, 2016
Guides to the General Content of Siddur Lev Shalem
Table of piyyutim and zemirot with page numbers | Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Associate Editor, Siddur Lev Shalem
How did that get in there? Surveying the distinctive contents...
RA Leadership Voices Concern; Calls for Thoughtful Review of Iran Agreement
July 15, 2015
NEW YORK – The United States, along with its P5+1 partners, announced Tuesday that a deal with Iran had been reached to curtail that country from obtaining nuclear weapons. In response, the Rabbinical Assembly, the association for...
RA Praises Canadian Government for Maintaining Iran Sanctions
July 21, 2015
NEW YORK – Following reports that the Canadian government will not yet lift any sanctions against Iran and, according to a statement from Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson, “will continue to judge Iran by its actions not its words,” the...
Statement by the leaders of Conservative and Masorti Judaism Responding to the Interdenominational Gathering at the Home of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
July 24, 2015
NEW YORK -- After months of acrimony, the leaders of Conservative and Masorti Judaism issued words of praise for Israeli Reuven Rivlin, following the pre-Tisha B’Av gathering he hosted at his official residence last night with the heads of Orthodox,...