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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.
Letter of Thanks to President Obama
March 24, 2013
New York, The following letter of thanks and congratulations was sent to President Obama on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly upon his return from visiting Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. Dear Mr. President: We write to congratulate...
The Meaning of Israel in the Perspective of History
April 8, 2013
By Gerson Cohen | Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 27 No. 3, Spring 1973.Download the...
Conservative Judaism and Israel: A Symposium
April 8, 2013
Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 11 No. 3, Spring 1957.Download the...
A Responsible Life The Spiritual Path of Mussar
August 10, 2012
Ira F. Stone
ISBN: 0-916219-31-3
Pages: 320
“Love your neighbor” is the central obligation of Jewish life. Mussar, a late 19th century Jewish renewal movement, focused on this precept as a means of self-improvement and spiritual growth.
Mindful Jewish Living: Compassionate Practice
August 10, 2012
Jonathan P. Slater
HC ISBN: 0-916219-23-2
PPB ISBN: 978-0-916219-23-9
Pages: 300
The practice of mindfulness is defined as "the capacity to see clearly, with calm and awakened mind and heart, the truth of each moment of our lives." This...
The Eternal Journey: Meditations on the Jewish Year
August 10, 2012
Jonathan Wittenberg
ISBN: 0-916219-25-9
Pages: 300
"All people seek the secret of their own continuity," writes Jonathan Wittenberg. "The light of where we come from shines into the uncertainty of who we are. For where we come from is always...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on Gun Control
August 17, 2012
NEW YORK – Recent weeks have seen a multiplicity of shootings in the United States. Dozens have been killed or injured. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella organization for Conservative rabbis, reiterates its opposition to gun...
East Africa Relief: Resources for Yom Kippur
September 20, 2024
Fasting for Famine: Supporting East Africa on a Day Without Food
A source sheet by Adam Cutler
Seethis AJWS Tishah B'Av prayer, commissioned by the...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on European Efforts to Ban Circumcision
August 23, 2012
RA Concerned by Charges Against German Mohel, Efforts Throughout Europe to Ban CircumcisionNEW YORK – Efforts by groups opposed to circumcision, at both the local and national level in Germany, as well as in several other European countries,...
New York Times Article about the Joint Placement Commission
August 24, 2012
We are aware of a New York Times column by Sam Freedman regarding the Conservative Movement's Joint Placement commission comprising the Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, The Jewish Theological Seminary and the Ziegler...