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Rabbinical Assembly Reacts to Rabbi’s Guilty Plea of Kidnapping
In response to the guilty plea of Rabbi David Wax to charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
The Rabbinical Assembly condemns the actions of Rabbi David Wax, an Orthodox rabbi...
Letter to Ambassador CdeBaca Regarding Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls
Dear Ambassador CdeBaca,
We write to you as a former member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international member organization for over 1700...
Letter to Ambassador Rice in advance of her upcoming visit to Israel
Dear Ambassador Rice,
As you prepare for your upcoming trip to Israel in the coming days, I would like to wish you a nesiyah tovah, a good journey, on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly. It is auspicious that your journey coincides with...
Actually, J Street Won
By Gerald Skolnik
Originally posted on The Jewish Week
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you win, but really lose. And then other times you lose, but really win.
On the face of it, J Street...
Fear and exclusion of J Street is misguided and destructive
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted on Haaretz
As Israel and the Jewish community worldwide face an increasingly unstable Mideast, an Iran with nuclear ambitions and a stalled peace process, it is not surprising that...
Rabbinical Assembly to Support J Street membership in Conference of Presidents
In advance of a vote of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations that will determine whether the organization J Street will be granted membership, Rabbinical Assembly President Rabbi Gerald Skolnik and Executive Vice...
Statement in Response to Attack on Jewish Community in Overland Park, KS
New York – In response to the shooting at the JCC and Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS, Rabbi Gerry Skolnik, President and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, issued the following statement:
Jews around the world join...
New Kotel Setback: Letter to Secretary Mandelblit
New York – Media has reported that the Ir David Foundation will be overseeing management of old city sites including the Robinson's Arch area delineated in the Sharansky negotiation. In response, the international leadership of the...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Publication Zionism Unsettled
New York – In response to the release of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church USA’s publication Zionism Unsettled, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
We fully contest the erroneous...
Statement in Response to MK Rotem's Remarks
NEW YORK – In response to reports that MK David Rotem, Chair of the Knesset Committee on Constitution, Law and Justice, stated in a committee meeting that “The Reform Movement is not Jewish … they are another religion”, the leadership of...