Dear Friends:
The Rabbinical Assembly strengthens the Conservative/Masorti movement by supporting rabbis around the world. It is in the day-to-day resources that our RA provides to rabbis that we see its vital work. The over 1650 members of our Rabbinical Assembly bring their Torah and leadership to a variety of settings: schools, organizations, college campuses, chaplaincies, nonprofits, and, of course, synagogues. Our RA staff and our RA members continue to expand the ways that we can be of support and provide valuable professional resources to the many organizations served.
One of the people who has volunteered his time and lent his leadership to thinking about how our RA can continue to support the Jewish world is the esteemed rabbi, Harold Kravitz. As President of our RA, he led not from the front, but always in the midst of the Rabbinical Assembly, by fostering real relationships. He helped push our professional organization forward by clarifying the values that would guide us into the future and reimagining "the" RA as "our" RA. As Chair of the Va'ad Hakavod he placed ethics at the center of what it means to be an RA-affiliated rabbi. Innumerable congregations and members have benefited from Rabbi Kravitz's wise words and genuine concern.
Because of leaders like Rabbi Kravitz, the RA has been able to:
• Publish the new Lev Shalem Siddur for Weekdays.
• Establish a new, best in field, Code of Professional Conduct.
• Convene supportive cohorts for colleagues.
• Advance rabbinic professional skills through continuing education opportunities.
• Bring colleagues together in person and online for learning and bonding, including our Celebrating 40 Years of Women in the Rabbinate conference.
• Provide leadership in the larger Jewish world and a strong voice in Israel that advocates for our movement and its Torah.
Not only is this year's annual campaign in Rabbi Kravitz's honor, but we will be establishing the Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz Leadership and Strategic Planning Fund which will provide leadership training for staff and volunteer leaders and ensure mission-driven growth and sustainability.
If you have supported the Rabbinical Assembly in the past, thank you! Please consider matching or increasing your support this year. If you have not contributed in the past, please know that every gift matters.
To make a gift to the Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz Leadership and Strategic Planning Fund please click here.
With appreciation,
Rabbi Aaron Brusso and Rabbi Lori Koffman
Co-Chairs, 5786 RA Annual Campaign
Thanks to everyone who has donated already; see the full list here!
Campaign Committee
Aaron Brusso, co-chair
Lori Koffman, co-chair
Jeff Arnowitz
Elliot Cosgrove
Bruce Dollin
Elliot Dorff
Dan Dorsch
Gideon Estes
Katie Greenberg
Nicole Guzik
Josh Heller
Ben Herman
David Krishef
Bill Lebeau
Susan Leider
Andi Merow
Micah Peltz
Carl Perkins
Aiden Pink
Joel Pitkowsky
Paul Resnick
Mira Rivera
Scott Rosenberg
Louis Sachs
Elie Spitz
Rafi Spitzer
Brian Strauss
Ari Sunshine
Annie Tucker
Stewart Vogel
Aaron Weininger
Steve Wernick