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Rabbinical Assembly Statement on the Right to Vote by Absentee Ballot
In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on state legislatures to remove unnecessary and restrictive barriers to...
Resolution on Antisemitism
Whereas, antisemitism is the most ancient form of hatred, manifesting itself in different cultures and civilizations and has reached a record high in the 40 years that the ADL has been tracking such incidents; and
Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
“Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Sanhedrin 19b)
Whereas we hold the concepts of Tzelem Elohim and k’vod habri’ot as sacred and...
High Holy Days Preparations
Hevre,
We hope this message finds you and your families well.
Over the past several weeks, each of us - the CA, NAASE, RA, and USCJ - has been working with synagogue leadership and colleagues within and across our networks to...
Announcing Our Director of Global Rabbinic Development: Ilana Garber
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce that, starting July 1, Ilana Garber will be our Director of Global Rabbinic Development. This new position was created in response to our Strategic Plan, which...
Update on Reopening our Institutions, Shavuot, and High Holidays
Dear Friends,
As we move through Yom Hashoah, to Yom Hazikaron, to Yom Ha'atzma'ut, the progression of themes of weekly parshiyot are quite striking. We move from illness (Tazria/Metzorah) to death and then to holiness...
Sefirat Haomer
May a person be released from Omer restrictions (e.g. haircuts) before Shavuot if the opportunity arises without guarantee of its availability later?
(Answer by Rabbi Gail Labovitz) The custom of not holding weddings during...
Short Pesah CJLS Q&A
The following are short answers by CJLS members in response to halakhic questions raised by COVID-19 on Pesah. Please note that these are not official responsa of the CJLS.
How does one balance the need to keep...
Resources for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha-Atzma'ut
On April 27, we commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Israel's official remembrance day dedicated to fallen soldiers and civilian victims of terrorism. Tamar Elad-Applebaum and Shmuel Glick of the Schechter Institutes in Jerusalem shared their...