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The Social Action Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly provides material to the membership around key issues of the day, and guides the Executive Council as it frames Rabbinical Assembly policies. The committee is diverse in representation, including colleagues from several countries, and also includes members who have knowledge or expertise in legislative, ecological, health care or economic issues.

The committee also plans annual Advocacy Days in Washington, DC, during which participants meet with high-level legislators and political figures to discuss current issues of mutual interest.

In preparation for Advocacy Days, or in response to issues of the day, the Rabbinical Assembly's Social Action Committee also prepares background material for its members on topics such as civil rights, the effect of federal budget and tax cuts on people in need, immigration-related issues including the matter of religious asylum, the environment, and first amendment issues.

RA Letters on Social Action Policies
Statement on Torture
Letter to UN Security Council on Darfur
Statement on Global HIV Prevention
Letter to Presbyterians on Divestment from Israel
Letter on Comprehensive Sex-Education
Statement on Climate and Energy Policy
Letter on the Federal Budget FY 2009
Legislation to Regulate Tobacco

2008 RA Convention Action Items
Memo from Resolutions Committee Chairs, Jay Kornsgold and Leonard Gordon

Resolutions of the Rabbinical Assembly Convention
2008 Resolutions
2007 Resolutions
2006 Resolutions
2005 Resolutions
2004 Resolutions
2003 Resolution
2002 Resolutions

2007 RA Convention Action Items
Memo from Resolutions Committee Chair, Jay Kornsgold
Take Action on Darfur
Take Action on Reproductive Freedom and Healthcare
Take Action on Immigration Reform
Take Action on the Environment

Iran
UN Rally to Protest Iran's President
A Briefing Paper on Iran
IranAlert.org

Darfur
Urgent Sign on Letter to President Bush
Fact Sheet on the Sudan
The Darfur Accountability Act
Order postcards for the Million Voices for Darfur Campaign
Darfur Action Alert for the 2006 RA Convention
Rabbinical Assembly Social Action Committee Statement on the Sudan
A sample letter to Congress protesting Darfur
A sample letter to President Bush protesting Darfur

The Environment
The Greening Initiative
COEJL Website
Write to your Senator about Energy Policy
Write to your Senator about Upcoming Energy Bills
Lightbulb Order Form
Sample Letter on Cooperative Conservation
Information on COEJL's Light Among the Nations Campaign
Information on COEJL's Climate Change Campaign
The Greening of Our Institutions

Immigration resources for Shavuot

Flyer for JWB Jewish Chaplain's Council

Sign up for Advocacy Day!

Jews for Justice

RA Statement on Immigration

Mega-Mission to Israel

Follow-up Memo on Resolutions from the 2006 Convention

Leadership Council Statement on the Current Crisis in Israel

ATZUM's Task Force on Human Trafficking

Letter to Senator Specter on the Judicial Nominations

RA's Rabbinic Letter on Poverty

Social Action Programming on Passover

RA's position on school vouchers


For more information on Advocacy Day or to learn more about the RA's social action programs and materials, contact Rabbi Jan Kaufman

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