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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.
RA Statement on Iranian Attack on Israel
May 11, 2018
In response to Iranian rocket attacks against Israel late Wednesday night, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following statement:
Wednesday, Iranian forces fired some 20 rockets at the Golan Heights, marking the first time the regime has...
Study Guide to "The Abbreviated Amidah," prepared by Erin Beser
August 11, 2025
Download the Study Guide for Teaching a CJLS Teshuvah by Erin Beser
Relevant Teshuvah: “The Abbreviated Amidah,” by Jeremy...
Conservative/Masorti Movement Condemns Decision of Israel’s Interior Ministry on Uganda’s Abayudaya
June 6, 2018
In a blow to the unity of the Jewish people, Israel’s Interior Ministry last week rejected the aliyah application of Kibita Yosef, a member of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, currently in Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz. Explaining...
A Prayer After an Attack on our People
March 25, 2011
אב הרחמים God of mercyמחזק ידי רופאי הפיגועים Strengthen those who heal the wounded עוזר לשומרים Give courage to our defendersמנחם שכוליםComfort the bereavedמקיים אמונתך לכל דור ודור Keep faith with this generation and the...
RA Condemns Detention of Masorti Rabbi
July 19, 2018
Following Thursday's police detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun, a Conservative (Masorti) rabbi in Israel, detained in the wake of a complaint lodged by the Haifa Rabbinical Court against him - which claimed that he has been officiating at weddings...
Conservative Movement Statement on Arrest of Israeli Rabbi Dov Haiyun
July 20, 2018
We, the Masorti/Conservative Movement representing two million Jews around the world, are outraged by the arrest this morning of Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa, who was awoken at 5:30 am by police for the "crime" of officiating at...
Petition in Support of Rabbi Dov Haiyun
August 6, 2018
מדינת ישראל ... תהא מושתתה על יסודות החירות, הצדק והשלום לאור חזונם של נביאי ישראל; תקיים שויון זכויות חברתי ומדיני גמור לכל אזרחיה בלי הבדל דת, גזע ומין; תבטיח חופש דת, מצפון, לשון, חינוך ותרבות… (מתוך מגילת העצמאות, תש"ח)ח
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Media Coverage of Convention 2011
April 4, 2011
Media coverage of the Rabbinical Assembly Convention 2011:At Conservative rabbis’ confab, it’s not about the organization but the future, JTA- March, 29, 2001Conservative Rabbis Look Down The Road, Jewish Week- March 29, 2011 Talking to...
Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice
August 8, 2018
By Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff
Paperback or eBook: $40.00
978-0-8276-1310-2
A major Conservative Movement leader of our times employs his unique position as a player in many historical events and texts to provide a personal, behind-the-...