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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.
Rabbinical Assembly on 2020 U.S. Election Results
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November 7, 2020
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Knower of Secrets
The Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 58a, records the blessing to recite when seeing a multitude of people (in the original context, a huge gathering of Jews) which reads, “Blessed...
Temporary Interview Policy of the RA/USCJ Joint Placement Commission - Congregations
November 2020
The Joint Placement Commission (“JPC”), made up of representatives of the Rabbinical Assembly (“RA”), The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (“USCJ”), the Jewish Theological Seminary (“JTS”) and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic...
Temporary Interview Policy of the RA/USCJ Joint Placement Commission - Rabbis
November 2020
The Joint Placement Commission (“JPC”), made up of representatives of the Rabbinical Assembly (“RA”), The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (“USCJ”), the Jewish Theological Seminary (“JTS”) and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic...
ScholarStream Registration is Now Open!
Synagogues who have already signed on as sponsors will be sent a coupon code to have their congregants register at no cost. Each...
ACT NOW: Power Grab at the World Zionist Organization
Power Grab at the World Zionist Organization:
Tuesday Vote at WZC on Measure that Would Undermine Conservative and Reform...
FAQ for Rabbis (and Other Leaders) in the U.S. During an Election Season
The 2020 election season in the United States is in full swing. American Jewish leaders play an important role in the political process.
This guide is designed to offer general guidance to rabbis and other leaders on...
Resolution on Voting in the 2020 US Elections
Jewish communities around the world have historically flourished in societies with healthy democracies that champion "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Jewish tradition calls upon us to pursue justice and...
International Seminar for Halakhic Study, Fall 2020
The CJLS is sponsoring the International Seminar for Halakhic Study, a day on which Conservative/Masorti communities will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS.
In the Fall 2020 International Seminar for Halakhic Study,...
Become a ScholarStream Sponsor
Following on the success of our direct-to-public programming for Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Selihot, and in a continuing effort to help our rabbis and congregations during these...