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The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards publishes Teshuvot for the Conservative movement.

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Convention 2012: Live Stream

Posted on May 6, 2012

A number of sessions at the 2012 RA Convention streamed live on Youtube. Watch videos from the 2012 RA ...

A number of sessions at the 2012 RA Convention streamed live on Youtube. Watch videos from the 2012 RA Convention:

Videos from Convention 2012

Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut

Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled ...

Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon. This version was composed by Gershon Hadas, Jules Harlow, and Professor Hillel Bavli.

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Hodesh Tov - Iyar

Posted on April 23, 2012

"Erasing History: Antiquities Looting, Scholarly Forgeries, and a Way to Stop Them"

by Jonathan ...

"Erasing History: Antiquities Looting, Scholarly Forgeries, and a Way to Stop Them"

by Jonathan Rosenbaum, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, Gratz College; Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012

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Kaddish for the Six Million

Grief-stricken, we recall our brothers and sisters who no longer walk this earth, cut down, whether in youth or in ...

Grief-stricken, we recall our brothers and sisters who no longer walk this earth, cut down, whether in youth or in old age, by the vicious hand of evil. May God comfort us and sustain us in our sorrow.

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God and the Shoah

Posted on April 17, 2012

By Jonathan Wittenberg (excerpted from his book The Eternal Journey)

Consider that this has been:I ...

By Jonathan Wittenberg (excerpted from his book The Eternal Journey)

Vice President Biden at Convention 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012

We're thrilled that Vice President Joseph Biden has accepted our invitation to address our members on Tuesday May 8 ...

We're thrilled that Vice President Joseph Biden has accepted our invitation to address our members on Tuesday May 8.

Vice President Biden, through decades of service in public life, has long been a dedicated and loyal supporter of the Jewish community and our values and priorities.

Op-Ed: In Japan, Pride in the Jewish Response to Tsunami

Posted on March 30, 2012

In the article below, Rabbinical Assembly member Antonio Di Gesu reflects on his experiences as a rabbi in Japan on ...

In the article below, Rabbinical Assembly member Antonio Di Gesu reflects on his experiences as a rabbi in Japan on the (then) upcoming anniversary of the tsunami (the tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011). He describes two projects that received funding from the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR), of which the RA is a founding member: