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Explore our RA bookstore, articles on Exploring Judaism, teshuvot of the Committee on Jewish Law & Standards (CJLS), our Tzedek Center, holiday guides, and more.
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.
Annual Day of Learning & Azkarah
Wednesday, January 21st; 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 7:00 pm IsraelGather with colleagues around the globe for a virtual day of learning to honor the memory of our colleagues and their spouses who have passed away in the past year.REGISTER...
Weekday Mincha Prayers
In these extraordinary times, we know that many of you are exploring ways to pray as a community while engaging in social distancing. Fill out this form to gain access to pdf files of key services from Siddur Lev Shalem, Siddur Sim...
Trans Student Clergy Ambassadorship -- Synagogue Application
2026 Trans & Non-Binary Student Clergy Ambassadorship (USA Only)
The Trans & Non-Binary Student Clergy Ambassadorship invites Conservative/Masorti congregations across the USA to host a transgender or non-binary rabbinical or cantorial...
Trans Student Clergy Ambassadorship -- Student Application
2026 Trans & Non-Binary Student Clergy Ambassadorship (USA Only)
The Trans & Non-Binary Student Clergy Ambassadorship invites transgender and non-binary rabbinical and cantorial students to share their unique Torah and shirah through...
IWG Recommendations Letter
Moving from Disapproval to Engagement: Recommendations from the Intermarriage Working Group
Dear Friends,
In communities across the Conservative/Masorti movement, we see families with an array of backgrounds building Jewish homes,...
2026 Installation Ceremony Interest
Details are still coming together for the installation of our colleague Gesa Ederberg as President of our RA, taking place in Berlin on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. As we work to finalize the plans, including programming, meals and cost, please answer...
Statement on Australia Hanukkah Attack
The Conservative/Masorti Movement stands in solidarity with the Australian Jewish community in this moment of sorrow and challenge. Our clergy, leaders, and members throughout the world come together with all Jews as “Am...
Community Contributed Immigration Resources
Jewish tradition asks us to hold multiple values at once. We are called by our tradition to speak out against cruelty and to defend the dignity of every human being; to care for the ger, stranger, and vulnerable in our communities, while at the...
Immigration Resources
This page was most recently updated on March 2nd (new resources are marked with *asterisks*)
Jewish tradition asks us to hold multiple values at once. We are called by our tradition to speak out against cruelty and to defend the dignity...