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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
Welcoming the Stranger: Preparing for Refugee Shabbat
Discover the Torah behind this year’s Refugee Shabbat (March 13–16), grounding today’s immigration realities in Jewish tradition: a people shaped by migration and commanded to care for the ger–the stranger among us. Join us for a panel that will...
Membership Brit Task Force
Our RA is engaged in a multi-year process to create a Membership Brit that will be a values-based, covenantal articulation of our shared life as an Assembly, offering a framework for colleagues to lean on one another and ask for help when it’s...
Memorial Book 2025 & Recording
עשה לך רב, וקנה לך חבר, והוי דן את כל אדם לכף זכות. (פרקי אבות א:ו)
As we remember colleagues and spouses who have passed away in the past year, we take the above adage from Pirkei Avot to heart: They have been our hevreh, and we have...
Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement
Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19)
Resolutions Discussion
Wednesday, March 25; 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 6:00 pm Israel
Join us for an interactive discussion during which members of the RA can propose additional amendments to resolutions.
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Rabbis Expelled or Suspended from the Rabbinical Assembly for Ethical Violations
Please note the RA began posting this information in 2021 and this list does not reflect decisions prior to...
Dignity and Rights of Transgender Individuals
Resolution in Support of the Dignity and Rights of Transgender and Other LGBTQ+ Individuals
Background
Across the United States, proposed legislation seeks to undermine the dignity and deny the fundamental rights of...
Supporting Mercaz USA In USA WZO Election
RA Resolution on Supporting MERCAZ USA in the USA’s WZO Election 2025
Background
The World Zionist Congress (WZC), founded by Theodore Herzl in 1897, is the only democratic body with representatives of all of world Jewry: all...
Separation of Church and State
Resolution in Support of the Separation of Religion and State in the United States of America
Whereas the First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" prohibiting both the...
Birthright Citizenship
Resolution Regarding Birthright Citizenship in the United States of America
Whereas President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that the federal government of the United States will no longer recognize the birthright...