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Rabbinical Assembly Statement on European Efforts to Ban Circumcision
Posted on August 23, 2012

RA Concerned by Charges Against German Mohel, Efforts Throughout Europe to Ban CircumcisionNEW YORK – Efforts by groups opposed to circumcision, at both the local and...

RA Concerned by Charges Against German Mohel, Efforts Throughout Europe to Ban CircumcisionNEW YORK – Efforts by groups opposed to circumcision, at both the local and national level in Germany, as well as in several other European countries, have called circumcision, a rite sacred to both Jews...
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Hodesh Tov - Elul
Posted on August 20, 2012

"Prayerbook Commentaries"by Reuven Hammer, founding director, Schechter Institute; past president, Rabbinical Assembly

"Prayerbook Commentaries"by Reuven Hammer, founding director, Schechter Institute; past president, Rabbinical Assembly
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Rabbinical Assembly Statement on Gun Control
Posted on August 17, 2012

NEW YORK – Recent weeks have seen a multiplicity of shootings in the United States. Dozens have been killed or injured. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella...

NEW YORK – Recent weeks have seen a multiplicity of shootings in the United States. Dozens have been killed or injured. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella organization for Conservative rabbis, reiterates its opposition to gun violence. The RA passed resolutions in 1990 and 1995,...
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A Prayer for the Victims of the Attack at the Sikh Temple
Posted on August 9, 2012

נַעַמְדָה יָחַדLet Us Stand Up Together*by Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of NashuvaWe stand together in griefFor the innocent victimsOf the Sikh Temple of WisconsinWho perished in...

נַעַמְדָה יָחַדLet Us Stand Up Together*by Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of NashuvaWe stand together in griefFor the innocent victimsOf the Sikh Temple of WisconsinWho perished in their house of prayer.May their memories be a blessing,May their lights shine brightly upon us.We stand together in...
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Rabbinical Assembly Expresses Condolences to Sikh Community
Posted on August 6, 2012

NEW YORK – In response to Sunday’s tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., near Milwaukee, Julie Schonfeld released the following statement: A week ago on Tishah B...

NEW YORK – In response to Sunday’s tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., near Milwaukee, Julie Schonfeld released the following statement: A week ago on Tishah B’av, the Jewish people commemorated the destruction of our holy Temple. Our sages taught us that the destruction...
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1972-2012: A Moment of Silence
Posted on July 25, 2012

The International Olympic Committee has refused appeals to observe a minute of silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes, trainers and judges, who were murdered at the...

The International Olympic Committee has refused appeals to observe a minute of silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes, trainers and judges, who were murdered at the Munich Olympics forty years ago. We are asking our colleagues to mention their names during t’filot on Tishah B’Av. View...
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Home Observances: Shabbat
Posted on July 24, 2012

One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home. They contain texts, translations, transliterations, and meditations. Candle LightingShalom AleikhemBlessing...

One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home. They contain texts, translations, transliterations, and meditations. Candle LightingShalom AleikhemBlessing One’s ChildrenKiddush for Friday EveningHand Washing and MotziKiddush for Shabbat DayHavdalahThese Shabbat resources...
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Tiyul to Shul: Building Community, Step by Step
Posted on July 24, 2012

By Jonathan Lubliner, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jacksonville, FLThe Project:Anyone who has ever spent a Shabbat in a largely Sabbath-observant neighborhood can attest to the...

By Jonathan Lubliner, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jacksonville, FLThe Project:Anyone who has ever spent a Shabbat in a largely Sabbath-observant neighborhood can attest to the palpable and pervasive atmosphere of community experienced when families are walking to or from services, passing one...
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