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Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Violence in Israel
NEW YORK, NY (February 27, 2023) In response to growing tensions and the recent escalation of violence in Israel, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, issued the following...
Rabbinical Assembly Commends Justice Department for Charging Hate Crime Suspect in L.A. Synagogue Shootings
NEW YORK, NY (February 21, 2023) In response to the hate crime charges brought by the U.S. Justice Department against Jaime Tran for targeting and shooting two recognizably Jewish men outside two Los Angeles synagogues, the Rabbinical Assembly...
Rabbinical Assembly Calls Out Deferral on Kotel Agreement
NEW YORK, NY (February 9, 2023) In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to maintain the "status quo" at the Western Wall, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of...
Rabbinical Assembly Disappointed by Presbyterian Church USA Resolution on Israel
NEW YORK, NY (July 18, 2022) The Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, issued the following statement about the Presbyterian Church's labeling Israel an apartheid state:
"The Presbyterian...
Conservative Rabbis Strongly Condemn U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Abortion Rights
NEW YORK, NY (May 2, 2022) For over five decades, the Rabbinical Assembly has strongly and repeatedly affirmed the halakhic necessity of access to abortion based on our members’ understanding of relevant biblical and rabbinic sources and teshuvot...
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Denounce Leaked Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Abortion Rights
NEW YORK, NY (May 3, 2022) According to a draft majority opinion, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn its previous landmark decisions, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, effectively ending the constitutional right to abortion.
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Week of Terror Attacks in Israel
NEW YORK, NY (March 30, 2022) In response to the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Israel, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti movement rabbis, issued the following statement:"The Rabbinical...
Rabbinical Assembly Rejects Texas Governor’s Assault on Transgender Children and Families
In response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s directive to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to treat gender-affirming medical care as "child abuse," the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) issued the following...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Swastikas and Other Hate Symbols on Display at Canadian Protest
In response to the use of swastikas, and in one instance a Confederate flag, during the "Freedom Convoy" protests against coronavirus vaccine mandates outside the Canadian Parliament, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international...
Rabbinical Assembly & USCJ Reject Amnesty International's False Claims on Israel
In response to an upcoming Amnesty International-UK report that falsely labels Israel as an apartheid state and seeks to delegitimize and even criminalize the existence of Israel as the Jewish homeland, the...