NEW YORK – The leader of France’s Front National political party, Marine Le Pen, who ran for president earlier ...
NEW YORK – The leader of France’s Front National political party, Marine Le Pen, who ran for president earlier this year, this weekend said the government should ban religious head coverings in public. She attempted to cover up her gaffe by saying that Jewish kippot pose no risk, but as she supported a ban on headscarves in public, she also felt compelled to ban kippot – because, she is reported to have said, “What would people say if I’d only asked to ban Muslim clothing? They’d burn me as a Muslim hater.”
"The Rise of the Babylonian Rabbinic Academy: A Reconsideration of the Evidence"
by Jeffrey Rubenstein, ...
"The Rise of the Babylonian Rabbinic Academy: A Reconsideration of the Evidence"
by Jeffrey Rubenstein, Skirball Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, New York University
NEW YORK – In response to violence in Cairo and Libya earlier this week, leaving three dead including American ...
NEW YORK – In response to violence in Cairo and Libya earlier this week, leaving three dead including American Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, Julie Schonfeld issued the following statement today on behalf of the board, staff and members of the Rabbinical Assembly:
NEW YORK – The New York City Board of Health is scheduled to vote this week on requiring parental consent for ...
NEW YORK – The New York City Board of Health is scheduled to vote this week on requiring parental consent for mohalim to engage in the controversial practice of m'tzitzah b’peh, or direct oral suction, during a b'rit milah. The Rabbinical Assembly applauds the continued concern shown by New York City Health Commissioner, Dr.
RA Expresses Concern for Anti-Semitic Violence
NEW YORK – Earlier this week, Daniel Alter, one of the first ...
RA Expresses Concern for Anti-Semitic Violence
We are aware of a New York Times column by Sam Freedman regarding the Conservative Movement's Joint Placement ...
We are aware of a New York Times column by Sam Freedman regarding the Conservative Movement's Joint Placement commission comprising the Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, The Jewish Theological Seminary and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. As you well know, for decades, the goal of the Joint Placement Commission, which works by consensus of congregations, rabbis and seminaries, has been to promote our vision of Conservative Judaism by partnering closely with congregations in the difficult process of selecting a religious leader.
RA Concerned by Charges Against German Mohel, Efforts Throughout Europe to Ban Circumcision
NEW YORK – ...
RA Concerned by Charges Against German Mohel, Efforts Throughout Europe to Ban Circumcision
NEW YORK – Efforts by groups opposed to circumcision, at both the local and national level in Germany, as well as in several other European countries, have called circumcision, a rite sacred to both Jews and Muslims, harmful. This week, reports that a court in Bavaria initiated an investigation against Rabbi David Goldberg, a mohel in the Bavarian town of Hof Saale, struck the Rabbinical Assembly as distressing.
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