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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.
Joint Statement Regarding Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu about Kotel Agreement
June 2, 2016
The following statement was released last night, June 1, 2016.
Today, a delegation of senior North American Jewish leaders, representing the Jewish Federations of North America, the Union for Reform Judaism, the Israel Movement for Progressive...
Conservative Movement Affirms Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
June 2, 2016
NEW YORK — In light of continued discrimination against individuals who are transgender or gender non-conforming, the world’s Conservative and Masorti rabbis for the first time have passed a stand-alone resolution affirming the rights of such...
Conservative Rabbis Horrified by Orlando Shooting
June 9, 2016
NEW YORK – Early Sunday, a terrorist stormed a crowded nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and went on a shooting rampage, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded— the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. In response to this weekend’s mass shooting, the...
Milestones in the Struggle for Egalitarian Prayer at the Kotel and the Robinson’s Arch Initiative
August 23, 2013
The following timeline was put together by the Masorti Movement in Israel:
Since 1980, Egalitarian Masorti/Conservative minyanim have gathered and davenned without interruption in the upper Kotel plaza (on the edge of the public area) several...
Leveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle
August 27, 2013
By Julie SchonfeldOriginally posted in The Jerusalem PostThese have been a few puzzling days as a large platform now referred to as “Ezrat Yisrael” appeared with short notice and some confusion at Robinson’s Arch, the area at the southern...
Kotel Announcement: News Roundup
August 28, 2013
Op-Eds by Julie Schonfeld and Ashira KonigsburgLeveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle by Julie Schonfeld [Jerusalem Post]The Women’s Section by Ashira Konigsburg [Times of Israel] About the PlanPrayer Plaza in Jerusalem for Both Sexes...
Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
August 28, 2013
Julie Schonfeld's remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington Interfaith Prayer Service on Wednesday, August 28, at Shiloh Baptist Church.By Julie SchonfeldFor the Jewish community, the iconic image of our relationship to Dr. King is...
A Message from Gerry Skolnik
September 4, 2013
Dear Colleagues,We are well into the maelstrom of the High Holidays, and I hope you will forgive me for intruding on your preparations. In addition to the unique sobriety of these days born of their existential import, there is also an...
The Observant Life & Parashat Ha-shavua: A Study Guide
September 11, 2013
Our colleague Mark Greenspan has, over the course of a year, been preparing "Torah Table Talk" discussion sheets each week connecting The Observant Life with parashat ha-shavua. Each week, a chapter of The Observant Life has been designated for the...
Corruption and Destruction: Noah as an Environmental Parable
September 11, 2013
By Mark GreenspanParashat Noah, Genesis 6:9-11:32"The Environment" by Lawrence Troster (pp. 875) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...