The Joint Placement Commission of the RA, USCJ, Ziegler and JTS is committed to fair and equitable hiring processes and pay scales for all rabbis. We are pleased to offer this session for search committee members designed to help you and your community overcome implicit bias in the…
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Conservative Movement on Deadly Attack in Jersey City, Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
December 13, 2019
New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three…
New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three civilians and wounding several others. This incident follows recent polling by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)…
Director of Continuing Education, Mentorship, and Rabbinic Career Development Position Description
December 3, 2019
The Director of Continuing Education, Mentorship, and Rabbinic Career Development helps achieve Our RA’s vision to look after the career advancement of Conservative/Masorti…
The Director of Continuing Education, Mentorship, and Rabbinic Career Development helps achieve Our RA’s vision to look after the career advancement of Conservative/Masorti rabbis around the globe in all fields and through all stages of their rabbinate. This position…
Antisemitism and White Nationalism: the Challenge and Our Response
November 27, 2019
The Rabbinical Assembly was honored this month to be the convener of a webinar series co-hosted with the CCAR (the Reform Rabbinic organization), the RCA (the mainstream…
The Rabbinical Assembly was honored this month to be the convener of a webinar series co-hosted with the CCAR (the Reform Rabbinic organization), the RCA (the mainstream Orthodox Rabbinic organization), and the RRA (the Reconstructionist Rabbinic organization). Also joining us were the JCPA…
From Organic Farming to Composting: Ramah Campers and USYers Get Hands-on Lessons in Sustainability
November 27, 2019
by Renee Ghert-Zand
Every year, Ramah campers leave at the end of the summer having learned new things that they can incorporate into their lives at home. It could be more…
by Renee Ghert-Zand
Every year, Ramah campers leave at the end of the summer having learned new things that they can incorporate into their lives at home. It could be more Hebrew, how to chant Torah, or how to do a layup on the basketball court.
In the last decade,…
U.S. Jewish Movements: President Trump Must Fire Stephen Miller
November 21, 2019
White supremacy has no place in the White House
As entities who represent a broad diversity of American Jewish life, we share a deep concern about White House advisor Stephen…
White supremacy has no place in the White House
As entities who represent a broad diversity of American Jewish life, we share a deep concern about White House advisor Stephen Miller’s support for white supremacist ideology and the disturbing ways in which his dangerous views have…
A Veteran's Day Message from Melinda Zalma
November 11, 2019
Melinda Zalma, Commander in the Reserve Component of the U.S. Navy and Program Director of the Center for Community Leadership at JCRC-NY, visited the Joint Placement…
Melinda Zalma, Commander in the Reserve Component of the U.S. Navy and Program Director of the Center for Community Leadership at JCRC-NY, visited the Joint Placement Commission and Rabbinic Career Development Commission to speak about her years serving in the United States Armed Forces.…
Webinar Series: Antisemitism in America Today
November 5, 2019
In an unprecedented collaboration, rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements and Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Federations…
In an unprecedented collaboration, rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements and Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Federations professionals, will learn from three leading experts in antisemitism, white nationalism and the rise of hate…