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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
Tishah B'Av Resources
Most of these resources have been excerpted from Siddur Tisha B'Av PDF, Copyright 2003, The Rabbinical Assembly.
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Conservative Rabbis Strongly Condemn U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Abortion Rights
NEW YORK, NY (May 2, 2022) For over five decades, the Rabbinical Assembly has strongly and repeatedly affirmed the halakhic necessity of access to abortion based on our members’ understanding of relevant biblical and rabbinic sources and teshuvot...
Eit Ratzon 2022 - Public Schedule
Eit Ratzon 2022 - Schedule
There are three categories of learning for Eit Ratzon 2022. Please see below for a list of each class that falls under those three categories.
Sessions for Rabbis in New Positions Sessions for...
Conservative/Masorti Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5782 Source Sheets - Click Here
Click here for the packet of source sheets for this year's Conservative/Masorti Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Click here for the schedule for the event.
Mazel tov to 2022 Rabbinical School Graduates
Mazel tov to everyone who was ordained from JTS, Ziegler and Seminario earlier this month! We are excited for them as they begin their paths in the rabbinate.
Jewish Theological Seminary
Elizabeth Breit
David...
Rabbinical Assembly Heartbroken by Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
NEW YORK, NY (May 25, 2022) Following the killing of 19 schoolchildren and two adults, in Uvalde, TX, and the wounding of others, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association for Conservative/Masorti...
Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ Condemn Terrorist Attack in Buffalo, New York
NEW YORK, NY (May 17, 2022) Following the attack in Buffalo, New York, in which ten people were killed by a white supremacist gunman at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association for...
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Denounce Leaked Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Abortion Rights
NEW YORK, NY (May 3, 2022) According to a draft majority opinion, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn its previous landmark decisions, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, effectively ending the constitutional right to abortion.
Salary Survey 2021-2022 Results
Within the Rabbinical Assembly, the RA Career Center supports rabbis across all stages of their careers, from their first jobs out of school through retirement. One of the RA’s principal responsibilities is caring for the welfare and...