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Statement on Non-Implementation of Kotel Agreement
The Conservative/Masorti movement organizations feel betrayed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government’s ongoing refusal to implement the 2017 Kotel Agreement, most recently expressed in an interview with...
The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Attack at Colleyville, TX Synagogue
In response to the current crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) issued the following statement:
Rabbinical Assembly on Stalling of Western Wall Agreement
In response to the announcement by Israel’s Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana that the Kotel agreement is once again shelved, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
We are troubled by Minister Kahana's...
Call for the Prevention of Bloodshed and Immediate Implementation of the "Kotel Agreement"
Rabbis Jacob Blumenthal (CEO, Rabbinical Assembly) and Ashira Konigsburg (COO, Rabbinical Assembly) joined the leaders of the Masorti movement in Israel and around the world to call on our elected officials to act immediately to implement...
Rabbinical Assembly Publishes Names of those Expelled or Suspended for Code of Conduct Violations
As previously reported, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is undertaking an extensive review and update to its Code of Professional Conduct, as well as the procedures by which the Code is enforced. As the next step in this ongoing review of...
Statement on the Texas Abortion Law
The Rabbinical Assembly denounces and condemns the so-called Heartbeat Law passed last Wednesday in Texas, effectively making it impossible for women to receive an abortion there. In the most restrictive abortion law to date, the...
Public Statement Regarding the Times of Israel Report
The Rabbinical Assembly is devastated by the stories that were reported in an article published in the Times of Israel about egregious past treatment of teenagers who participated in USY activities. It is our expectation that members of...
Conservative Movement Condemns Extremist Takeover of Kotel
Calls for immediate implementation of long stalled Kotel Agreement
Jerusalem – Responding to a group of extremist, hardline Orthodox activists, taking over a Conservative/Masorti movement prayer service and...
Conservative Movement Leadership Meets with President Herzog and Others in Israel
July 16, 2021
The three-day trip includes extensive visits, meetings for American delegation, focused on solidarity amidst ongoing violence, restoring rift between Israeli, U.S. Jewry.
This week, Rabbi Jacob...
Rabbinical Assembly Responds to Rocket Fire, Violent Attacks in Israel
In light of the deteriorating security situation in Israel, The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of the Conservative/Masorti movement, released the following statement:
“We are deeply disturbed as we see the...