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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.
Our RA at the Border: Updates from Juarez and El Paso
August 27, 2019
This week, I traveled to El Paso and Juarez with a small delegation of HIAS leadership. We spent time both in El Paso and Juarez. We did not go to any ICE detention centers but we did travel to a shelter in Juarez run by the Mexican government,...
RA Spotlight: Shalom Plotkin on the Transition from Pulpit Rabbi to Business Owner
August 27, 2019
Here we speak with our colleague Shalom Plotkin, who has been hard at work building his own business. Below, he shared how he worked through the transition process, how his rabbinic training helps him connect to families in need, and the...
Pledge Your Commitment to MERCAZ
September 10, 2019
Dear Friends,
In just a few short months, we will have a chance to cast our ballots for the future of Conservative/Masorti Judaism in Israel and around the World. This opportunity, in the form of the World Zionist...
Statement on the Israeli Election
September 18, 2019
On Tuesday the State of Israel held an unprecedented second election after an election in April resulted in a close vote that will require an extended period to form a coalition. While the results are not yet final, one thing is obvious: One of the...
Eileh Ezkarah for Pittsburgh
September 26, 2019
Our colleague Jon Perlman wrote an Eileh Ezkarah for Pittsburgh (typeset by David Zvi Kalman). He collaborated with colleagues Tamar Elad-Applebaum and Martin Cohen, with assistance on nekudot from Tovi...
RA Programming at 20/20 Judaism Convention
September 27, 2019
We're just over two months away from 20/20 Judaism, our collaborative convention with USCJ in Boston (Friday, December 6 - Tuesday, December 10, 2019). Our RA program chairs have been hard at work developing a special selection of RA programming...
The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Yom Kippur Attack in Halle, Germany
October 10, 2019
NEW YORK – In response to the deadly terrorist attack in which a gunman murdered two people outside a synagogue on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany, the Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism issued the following statement:
"We are appalled by the...
Remembering the Attack in Pittsburgh: A Message from Our Chief Executive
October 24, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
As the anniversary of the murders of our brothers and sisters approaches (on Sunday, October 27, and the yahrzeit on Shabbat, 18 Heshvan-November 16), we join as colleagues throughout the world in mourning with the...