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הלכות פריה ורביה - Marriage and Fertility
הלכות אישות - Interpersonal Relations
הלכות קידושין וכתובה/Kiddushin and Ketubbah
הלכות גיטין - Divorce
הלכות פריה ורביה - Marriage and Fertility
Mark Popovsky, "Choosing Our Children’s Genes:...
Resolution Affirming the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
April 6, 2016
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 kvod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuvah of the Committee on Jewish Law...
Resolution in Support of the Rights and Empowerment of Women and Girls
June 14, 2013
Background:
Jewish tradition has articulated from its earliest formulation in the Torah, through such figures as Miriam and the daughters of Zelophehad, that women and girls play a crucial role in our communities. In addition, the book of...
Resolution on Reproductive Freedom in the United States
May 21, 2012
Background
Over the past four decades the Rabbinical Assembly has consistently supported reproductive freedom. This support is firmly based on our members’ understanding of relevant biblical and rabbinic sources as well...
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...
Homosexuality and Halakhah: A Second Look at the Sources
February 24, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Aharei Mot-K'doshim, Leviticus 16:1-20:27“Same-Sex Relationships” by Rabbi Elliot Dorff, (pp. 657- 672) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
Resolution in Support of Equal Rights and Inclusion for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender (GLBT) Persons
April 6, 2011
Preamble:
“Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Brakhot 19b)
In 1990, the Rabbinical Assembly passed a resolution entitled “Gay and Lesbian Jews,” which called us to:
Work for full and equal...
Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
May 6, 2020
“Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Sanhedrin 19b)
Whereas we hold the concepts of Tzelem Elohim and k’vod habri’ot as sacred and foundational, believing that each individual was uniquely created to...
Gender & Power Committee Mission Statement
May 9, 2025
The Gender and Power Committee supports the leaders and members of our Rabbinical Assembly in the creation of safe, empowered, equitable spaces.
We aspire to:
1. Cultivate transparency and accountability in the myriad of contexts that define...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Across the US
April 3, 2023
NEW YORK, NY (April 3, 2023) The Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, has long held that each person reflects and refracts G*d’s own Image (tzelem Elohim) and inheres with inestimable worth and...