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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.
The Pew Report, The Chief Rabbinate, and Mentoring Women Leaders
December 23, 2013
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, RA Executive Vice President, has recently been a featured speaker at a number of public events. On November 21, Dr. Steve Bayme of the American Jewish Congress moderated a panel on the Israeli Chief rabbinate shared by Rabbi...
RA Applauds Israel’s Transfer of Funds to Rabbis on Regional Councils
January 2, 2014
The transfer of funds from Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport to pay the salary of Rabbi Miri Gold and other rabbis serving on regional councils marks a historic step forward for the Reform and Masorti movements in Israel. The Rabbinical...
But Everyone Does It! The Ethics of Intellectual Property
May 22, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Mattot-Mas'ei, Numbers 30:2 – 36:13“Crime and Punishment,” by Rabbi Abigail Sosland, (pp. 458- 475) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
No Mothers Day for Those Enslaved
May 23, 2014
By Julie Schonfeld
Originially posted in Huffington Post
There will be no flowers for them this Sunday, no handwritten cards on construction paper, no lunch, no love. Thousands of women and girls are enslaved in sex trafficking in the United...
Conservative Movement Reacts to a Weekend of International Anti-Semitic Attacks
May 25, 2014
In response to a weekend of multiple anti-semitic attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions including the brutal murder of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels and the savage beating of two Jews outside a synagogue in Creteil, France, Masorti...
Rabbinical Assembly Reacts to Santa Barbara Shooting
May 25, 2014
In the aftermath of the most recent gun violence tragedy, that took place on Friday night at University of California, Santa Barbara, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
Rabbi Bill Gershon, President stated:
As we mourn the...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Russian and Chinese Veto of UN Resolution on Syria
May 27, 2014
In response to the failure of a proposed resolution to the UN Security Council to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice...
Keys to Running a Successful Event
May 27, 2014
By Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg and Daniel Schoenberg
With a bit more planning, you can make your event stand out. Here’s how:
Definition: Be deliberate about what type of event you’re planning.
A program is a low energy event with the...
Struggling with Mental Illness: Sanctuaries for the Mind
May 27, 2014
By Alfredo Borodowski, Congregation Sulam Yaakov, Larchmont, NYFrom the outset let me declare that “I am not bipolar,” but that “I have a bipolar disorder.” As much as this condition has been challenging, it does not define who I am; it has not been...
Following the terrible attack in Brussels, Rabbi Wittenberg put out this immediate statement on behalf of members of the Rabbinical Assembly in Europe
May 28, 2014
We are shocked and horrified by the appalling terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Our thoughts are with the families of those who were injured and murdered. We ask the authorities to do everything within their power to find the...