Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to share the teshuvah about livestreaming on Shabbat and haggim that was passed by the CJLS on Wednesday, May 13. This teshuvah, authored by…
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share the teshuvah about livestreaming on Shabbat and haggim that was passed by the CJLS on Wednesday, May 13. This teshuvah, authored by Joshua Heller, had been in the works for some time. Given its relevance to our current situation, the CJLS gave it…
Ugandan Jews are no strangers to poverty and disease, but the most recent government lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have crippled their ability to succeed in…
Ugandan Jews are no strangers to poverty and disease, but the most recent government lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have crippled their ability to succeed in that most basic of human activities: gathering food. And though conditions have eased somewhat in the cities…
In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on…
In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on state legislatures to remove unnecessary and restrictive barriers to voting.
These measures include instituting…
Hevre, We hope this message finds you and your families well. Over the past several weeks, each of us - the CA, NAASE, RA, and USCJ - has been working with synagogue leadership…
Hevre,
We hope this message finds you and your families well.
Over the past several weeks, each of us - the CA, NAASE, RA, and USCJ - has been working with synagogue leadership and colleagues within and across our networks to address the issues and to find the opportunities that…
Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that, starting July 1, Ilana Garber will be our Director of Global Rabbinic Development. This new position was created in response to…
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce that, starting July 1, Ilana Garber will be our Director of Global Rabbinic Development. This new position was created in response to our Strategic Plan, which focuses on developing relationships between rabbis for…
Dear Friends, As we move through Yom Hashoah, to Yom Hazikaron, to Yom Ha'atzma'ut, the progression of themes of weekly parshiyot are quite striking. We move from illness (…
Dear Friends,
As we move through Yom Hashoah, to Yom Hazikaron, to Yom Ha'atzma'ut, the progression of themes of weekly parshiyot are quite striking. We move from illness (Tazria/Metzorah) to death and then to holiness (Aharei Mot/Kedoshim). Throughout these readings, illness…
On April 27, we commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Israel's official remembrance day dedicated to fallen soldiers and civilian victims of terrorism. Tamar Elad-Applebaum and Shmuel…
On April 27, we commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Israel's official remembrance day dedicated to fallen soldiers and civilian victims of terrorism. Tamar Elad-Applebaum and Shmuel Glick of the Schechter Institutes in Jerusalem shared their reflections on the day. Please also read these…
To whom it may concern: We the undersigned, presidents of international organizations of rabbis, representing different viewpoints, constituencies, and movements, are writing to…
To whom it may concern:
We the undersigned, presidents of international organizations of rabbis, representing different viewpoints, constituencies, and movements, are writing to advocate for a cause that unites all Jews. In times marked by division, and acknowledging the cliché that…