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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.
White House Report
September 13, 2013
Building Partnerships to Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery: Report of Recommendations to the President from the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, April 2013 Executive Summary | Full Report Julie Schonfeld served...
Slavery and Human Trafficking
September 13, 2013
This page was updated on March 3, 2021.
The story of the Jewish people begins with the journey from slavery to freedom. Today, as we tell our children the story of our bondage and liberation, we understand that we are not only telling the...
An Update from Boulder
September 16, 2013
By Gerry SkolnikBoulder and its immediate surrounding area have suffered tremendous flood damage over the past few days. It's barely a year since Sandy -- we have been here before, and we know how to respond.We shall be coordinating our fundraising...
Bringing Torah to Your Table
September 16, 2013
By Mark Greenspan, Oceanside Jewish Center, Oceanside, NY
This past year I undertook an ambitious project for my congregation: a weekly study sheet based on connecting parashat ha-shavua with The Observant Life. In addition to emailing...
After the Flood: A Prayer from Boulder, Colorado
September 17, 2013
By Marc Soloway, Congregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, CO Out of the depths of the flood waters we cry out to you El Shaddai, to say “dai -- enough. It has been enough.” Let the drowning earth dry out once again and show us the reassuring promise of...
RA Trip to Germany Update, Friday 2/11
February 17, 2011
This has been a whirlwind week for us here in Berlin where we have learned about how Germans have confronted their past and are looking to their future.This Shabbat, in Parashat Tetzaveh, we learn about the ner tamid. We can compare the ner tamid --...
Eit Ratzon 2016: Schedule
June 15, 2016
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Breakfast & Welcome
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Principles of Transition: Letting Go
10:30 - 11:30 AM
The Blessings of the Neutral Zone
11:30 - 11:45 AM
Break
11:45 AM - 1:00...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on Denying Transfers of Firearms to Terrorists Amendment
June 16, 2016
NEW YORK – The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis; released the following statement regarding proposed amendment 4720 to the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill...
U.S. Conservative Jews Welcome Pluralistic and Egalitarian prayer at the Kotel
June 17, 2016
The Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel look forward to the implementation of the Kotel agreement that...
Rabbinical Assembly Expresses Solidarity in Wake of Fatal Shooting of Queens Imam
August 15, 2016
NEW YORK — Following Saturday afternoon’s fatal shooting of a Queens imam and his assistant, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, released the following statement by Rabbi Philip Scheim, RA...