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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.
How I Came to Community Organizing
March 24, 2014
By Wayne Franklin, Temple Emanu-El, Providence, Rhode IslandAll I knew about Community Organizing was what I read in Barack Obama's book, Dreams From My Father. At least until Elan Babchuck came to be my partner in the rabbinate at Temple Emanu-El...
Torah, Tapas & Tequila: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern World
March 26, 2014
By Sarah Friedson-King, Associate Rabbi, Temple Beth El, Rochester, New YorkNow that’s a name for a program we may all wish we had thought of; the perfect title for a monthly young professionals (20s and 30s) event at a trendy new bar/restaurant in...
Statement in Response to Attack on Jewish Community in Overland Park, KS
April 13, 2014
New York – In response to the shooting at the JCC and Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS, Rabbi Gerry Skolnik, President and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, issued the following statement:
Jews around the world join hearts and...
Proclamation in Honor of Rabbi Amy Eilberg
April 24, 2014
Whereas having received a Master’s Degree in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbi Amy Eilberg taught at Midreshet Yerushalayim, the egalitarian yeshiva program run by JTS in Israel and following the tabling of a resolution on the...
Proclamation in Honor of Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman
April 24, 2014
Whereas according to The Baltimore Jewish Times of November 27, 2009, Rabbi Jan Caryl Kaufman “had wanted to be a rabbi since her days in junior high school” and became Baltimore’s first female rabbi, ordained at Hebrew Union College Jewish...
Resolution In Support of the MERCAZ Olami Electoral Campaign
April 24, 2014
Whereas the worldwide Conservative/Masorti movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami andWhereas participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency has produced since 1987 an...
Resolution on Israel’s Bedouin Citizens
April 24, 2014
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has long been committed to the Zionist goal articulated in Israel's Declaration of Independence to "ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex"...
Resolution on Conversions and Mikvaot in Israel
April 24, 2014
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has expressed its support of conversions of those committed to Jewish life in accordance with halakhah in the State of Israel from all main streams of Judaism and
Whereas conversion is a direct channel to the...
Resolution on Disturbing Trends in Europe of Concern to Jews and Other Religious Minorities
April 24, 2014
Whereas certain trends in Europe are of concern to Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities and
Whereas recent events in Hungary reflect a deliberate effort by the ruling Fidesz party that dominates the Hungarian Parliament to dismantle the...
Resolution in Solidarity with the International LGBT Community
April 24, 2014
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 kavod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuva of the Committee on Jewish Law...