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Human Rights
As far back as 1950, the Rabbinical Assembly called upon the United States to ratify the UN Genocide Convention. The Convention was not ratified by the US until 1988. The RA reiterated this position in resolutions in 1954, 1963, 1965,...
Resolution on Health Care in the United States
WHEREAS human life is of infinite value (Genesis 1:27) and preservation of life supersedes almost all other considerations (pikuah nefesh);
WHEREAS the revered rabbinic scholar and physician, Maimonides, taught that health care was a primary...
Resolution on Support for International Action in Darfur
Background:
Darfur has been embroiled in a deadly conflict for over three years. At least 400,000 people have been killed; more than 2 million innocent civilians have been forced to flee their homes and now live in displaced-persons camps in...
Resolution on Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sudan
“In a free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty, all are responsible.” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
WHEREAS the decades-long civil war in the Sudan has already taken 2,000,000 lives and there is an ongoing campaign of...
Resolution Supporting Israel in the Peace Process
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly supports the democratic process and democratically elected governments of the State of Israel;
Whereas the State of Israel has consistently extended its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors and has, over the years,...
Resolution on Civil Discourse
Whereas political discourse has become increasingly rancorous and disparaging, replacing reasoned argument with demonizing invective and ad hominem attacks;
Whereas public debates too often descend into what political scientist Thomas...
Resolution on Iran
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly passed resolutions in 2007 and 2008 expressing our concern over the threat of a nuclear armed Iran;
Whereas the regime of Iran has demonstrated anti-Semitism repeatedly, publically and shamelessly and has called...
Resolution on Gilad Shalit
Whereas Gilad Shalit, the son of Aviva and Noam Shalit, was abducted by Hamas terrorists at Kerem Shalom within Israel’s borders as part of an unprovoked attack on Sunday, June 25, 2006 when he was 19 years old and has been held captive now for...
Omnibus Resolution on Social Issues
Background:
We, members of the Rabbinical Assembly, are heirs to traditions that ingrain in us an “aggressive attitude toward improving life,” exemplified in Pirkei Avot 2:20-1 “Rabbi Tarfon taught: The day is short, the task is great. You are not...