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Leveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Jerusalem Post
These have been a few puzzling days as a large platform now referred to as “Ezrat Yisrael” appeared with short notice and some confusion at Robinson’s Arch, the area at...
Chicago Conversion Bet Din Not Endorsed by the RA
The Rabbinical Assembly, the international membership association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis has received numerous queries regarding an organization known as the “Chicago Conversion Beit Din.” The Chicago Conversion Beit Din, one of whose...
RA Welcomes Announcement About Resumed Middle East Peace Talks
NEW YORK – In response to the U.S. State Department’s announcement today that Secretary of State John Kerry has brought Israeli and Palestinian leadership together to meet in Washington to resume peace talks, scheduled to begin Monday, July 29,...
Reform, Conservative Jewish Organizational Leaders Visit Pollard in Federal Prison
RA, URJ, RAC rabbinical leadership renew call for immediate commutation of Pollard’s sentence
NEW YORK – On Thursday, July 11, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious...
RA Celebrates Supreme Court’s Rulings on Gay Marriage
NEW YORK – In response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions today calling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and dismissing an appeal supporting an anti-gay marriage law in California, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following...
RA Congratulates Susan Rice on her Appointment to National Security Advisor
NEW YORK – In response to President Obama’s announcement today naming U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as his new National Security Advisor, the Rabbinical Assembly released the statements below:
Julie Schonfeld said,
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RA Saddened by Death of Senator Lautenberg
NEW YORK – In response to the death today of Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Gerald Skolnik and Julie Schonfeld released the following statement:
During his almost 30 years in the Senate, Senator Frank...
RA Praises Religious Affairs Ministry, Calls for Immediate Implementation of Local Selection of Religious Leadership by Israeli Communities
Also calls for official, non-Orthodox administration of Robinson’s Arch
NEW YORK – In response to the announcement by Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services that it will develop criteria enabling communities to select rabbis of their own...
RA Shocked and Saddened by Clashes at Western Wall
NEW YORK – In the wake of rioting by extreme, ultra-Orthodox segments of the Israeli population, resulting in violence against women seeking to pray according to their understanding of Jewish tradition and in accordance with Israeli law, Gerald...
RA Condemns Senate’s Failure to Pass Stricter Background Checks Legislation
NEW YORK – In response to Wednesday’s failure in the Senate to pass an amendment supporting a compromise on stricter background checks on firearms for private-party gun sales at gun shows and online, Gerald Skolnik and Julie Schonfeld issued the...