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    Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Missile Attack on Israel
    Posted on November 13, 2018

    Over the last few days, almost 500 rockets showered down on Israeli towns and cities from Gaza. The Rabbinical Assembly condemns this deadly rocket fire on Israel and Israeli...

    Over the last few days, almost 500 rockets showered down on Israeli towns and cities from Gaza. The Rabbinical Assembly condemns this deadly rocket fire on Israel and Israeli civilians in the strongest terms. This missile onslaught killed at least one Israeli, critically hospitalized two,...
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    Reflections on Visiting Pittsburgh
    Posted on November 1, 2018

    Dear Colleagues,   On Monday, I went to Pittsburgh at the request of my JTS classmate and friend, Amy Bardack, who is doing amazing work at the Jewish Federation...

    Dear Colleagues,   On Monday, I went to Pittsburgh at the request of my JTS classmate and friend, Amy Bardack, who is doing amazing work at the Jewish Federation there. Our colleagues, and their profoundly close and engaged communities, are models of leadership amidst grief...
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    Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Attack on Pittsburgh Synagogue
    Posted on October 27, 2018

    Conservative/Masorti rabbis mourn the loss of 11 shot dead at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation The peace and sanctity of the Jewish sabbath was shattered today when a...

    Conservative/Masorti rabbis mourn the loss of 11 shot dead at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation The peace and sanctity of the Jewish sabbath was shattered today when a gunman burst into Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue and shot 11 people dead   As rabbis and Jewish leaders...
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    CJLS Approves Four New Papers
    Posted on October 25, 2018

    The CJLS met last week on Tuesday and Wednesday at JTS in New York. During the meeting, the Committee approved four papers: “Military Cemeteries and Military Funerals” by...

    The CJLS met last week on Tuesday and Wednesday at JTS in New York. During the meeting, the Committee approved four papers: “Military Cemeteries and Military Funerals” by Pamela Barmash, asks if Jews may be buried in a multi-denominational military cemetery, and if military funeral...
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    Update to Standards of Practice
    Posted on October 19, 2018

    This week the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly responded to the request of the Executive Council that they determine...

    This week the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly responded to the request of the Executive Council that they determine the status of attendance at an intermarriage in light of the Blue Ribbon Commission's findings.  They...
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    Petition in Support of Rabbi Dov Haiyun
    Posted on August 6, 2018

    מדינת ישראל ... תהא מושתתה על יסודות החירות, הצדק והשלום לאור חזונם של נביאי ישראל; תקיים שויון זכויות חברתי ומדיני גמור לכל אזרחיה בלי הבדל דת, גזע ומין;  תבטיח חופש דת,...

    מדינת ישראל ... תהא מושתתה על יסודות החירות, הצדק והשלום לאור חזונם של נביאי ישראל; תקיים שויון זכויות חברתי ומדיני גמור לכל אזרחיה בלי הבדל דת, גזע ומין;  תבטיח חופש דת, מצפון, לשון, חינוך ותרבות… (מתוך מגילת העצמאות, תש"ח)ח  אנו, רבנים מסורתיים/קונסרבטיבים מארבע כנפות תבל, מחזקים...
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    Conservative Movement Statement on Arrest of Israeli Rabbi Dov Haiyun
    Posted on July 20, 2018

    We, the Masorti/Conservative Movement representing two million Jews around the world, are outraged by the arrest this morning of Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa,...

    We, the Masorti/Conservative Movement representing two million Jews around the world, are outraged by the arrest this morning of Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa, who was awoken at 5:30 am by police for the "crime" of officiating at a wedding outside the authority of the...
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    RA Condemns Detention of Masorti Rabbi
    Posted on July 19, 2018

    Following Thursday's police detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun, a Conservative (Masorti) rabbi in Israel, detained in the wake of a complaint lodged by the Haifa Rabbinical Court...

    Following Thursday's police detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun, a Conservative (Masorti) rabbi in Israel, detained in the wake of a complaint lodged by the Haifa Rabbinical Court against him - which claimed that he has been officiating at weddings outside the framework of Israel's Orthodox Chief...
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