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By Rabbi Michael Friedland, Chair, Rabbinical Assembly Convention 2018 The Convention opened with several outstanding Limmud sessions from local and Masorti scholars. Thank you Annie Tucker and Paul Kerbel for organizing our wonderful Limmudim! Our first session was a celebration of...

The CJLS is launching an exciting new program, the International Day of Halakhic Study, a movement-wide day on which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS. During the Jewish year of 5778 (2017-2018), the...

Dear Colleagues, Our CEO, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, has informed us of her decision not to seek renewal of her contract, and to end her professional relationship with the Rabbinical Assembly effective June 30, 2019, to be preceded by a six-month sabbatical period, beginning January 1,...

The Kenyan Jewish leader has been denied entry to Israel twice, despite having been converted by Conservative rabbis. The Rabbinical Assembly, the world-wide body representing Conservative/Masorti movement rabbis, issued the following statement after Yehuda Kimani, the Kenyan Jewish...

This Rabbinical Assembly Pesah guide is a brief outline of the policies and procedures relevant to the preparation of a kosher for Pesah home. This guide is intended to help families maintain a kosher for Pesah home in accordance with the principles of Conservative Judaism and its understanding...

R.A. opposes current plan to rapidly deport would-be refugees from Sudan and Eritrea. The Rabbinical Assembly, the official body representing rabbis in the Conservative/Masorti movement, issued the following statement regarding African asylum-seekers in Israel: As Jews, we are...

Conservative rabbis uphold intermarriage officiation ban, call for reconsideration of attendance ban The Rabbinical Assembly, receiving a report by its Blue Ribbon Commission, reaffirmed and further applied its standards on Conservative movement rabbinic officiation at intermarriages,...

The Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the entire worldwide Masorti/Conservative Movement listed below, issued the following statement today following President Trump’s announcement that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital...

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Reflections from Day One of Convention 2018 in Chicago
Posted on April 23, 2018
By Rabbi Michael Friedland, Chair, Rabbinical Assembly Convention 2018 The Convention opened with several outstanding Limmud sessions from local and Masorti scholars. Thank...

International Day of Halakhic Study 2018
Posted on April 9, 2018
The CJLS is launching an exciting new program, the International Day of Halakhic Study, a movement-wide day on which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and...

Two Letters from Phil Scheim and Julie Schonfeld
Posted on March 23, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Our CEO, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, has informed us of her decision not to seek renewal of her contract, and to end her professional relationship with the...