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Resolution on Containing the Threat from Iran
BACKGROUND
The Rabbinical Assembly is already on record stressing the need for the United Nations and individual countries to act to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability.
Recently, the United States issued a National Intelligence...
Resolution on the Peace Process
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly since its founding has fervently supported a Zionist ideology as integral to the Jewish People;
WHEREAS Israel is a vibrant democracy where all political issues are thoroughly debated;
WHEREAS the United States...
Resolution on the Threat From Iran
Whereas recognizing and supporting the ongoing efforts of the government of the United States and the Security Council of the United Nations together with many countries around the world that are concerned by Iran’s goal of achieving complete...
Resolution in Support of Mercaz Olami Electoral Campaigns
WHEREAS the worldwide Conservative/Masorti movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami; and
WHEREAS the participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency has produced...
Resolution on Responding to the Ongoing War in Iraq
Rabbi Yose HaGalili says, “How meritorious is peace? Even in time of war Jewish law requires that one initiate discussions of peace.” (Leviticus Rabbah, Tzav 9);
Whereas the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries remain...
Resolution on Civil Liberties in the United States
Whereas the most treasured values of Americans as enshrined in the laws and Constitution of the United States are under attack;
Whereas among the most revered of these is America’s regard for civil rights and civil liberties;
Whereas Jewish...
Resolution on Attempts to Delegitimize Israel
Whereas:
The land of Israel has been home to the Jewish people for millennia;
The Jewish people has prayed and worked for a return to their homeland during all their years of exile;
The Jewish people suffered persecution...
Resolution on the Israeli Peace Process
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly, whose members serve as rabbis in Israel and the Diaspora, is an affiliate of the worldwide Masorti/Conservative movement, which supports the goals of Zionism as an integral facet of its commitment to the welfare of...
Resolution on Social Security
Background:
The Social Security system is funded primarily from payroll tax deductions by employees and their employers. The Social Security Trust Fund, held in United States Treasury bonds, provides interest to cover a shortfall in any...
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...