Archive 2011

By Daniel Burg

Originally posted on The Urban Rabbi

The strangest thing about our Friday Jewish Social Justice Roundtable gathering at the White House is that most of us never set foot in the White House.  For several hours during the afternoon, we sat in an auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as various Administration representatives and dignitaries shuttled back and forth through underground tunnels between our room and the house that is actually white.

By Ashira Konigsburg, Associate Director of Rabbinic Services, RA

Another year has gone by already? Perhaps it is because time seems to fly that we find ways to mark the new year. Both the Jewish and secular calendars have developed traditions and customs surrounding timekeeping.

By Dina Shargel, Ritual Director, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY

This past Tuesday, JTS confered honorary doctorates on RA Members who have been in the rabbinate for 25 years or more. (see the list of honorees). Gilah Dror, RA President, delivered greetings from the RA:

This past Tuesday, JTS confered honorary doctorates on RA Members who have been in the rabbinate for 25 years or more. (see the list of honorees, and the JTS press release). Jack Moline, RA Director of Public Policy, spoke on behalf of the honorees: