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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ Condemn Terrorist Attack in Buffalo, New York
NEW YORK, NY (May 17, 2022) Following the attack in Buffalo, New York, in which ten people were killed by a white supremacist gunman at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association for...
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.
Salary Survey 2021-2022 Results
Within the Rabbinical Assembly, the RA Career Center supports rabbis across all stages of their careers, from their first jobs out of school through retirement. One of the RA’s principal responsibilities is caring for the welfare and...
2022 Annual Campaign Host Committee
Annual Campaign Chair: Phil Scheim
Annual Campaign Ambassadors: Paul Kerbel and Harold Kravitz
Annual Campaign Hosts:
Morashah Members
Our RA Morashah Legacy Society MembersRabbi Kassel E. Abelson z"lRabbi Jacob Blumenthal and Marci Harris-BlumenthalRabbi Gideon EstesRabbi Elliot Goldberg and Rabbi Sharon KatzmanRabbi Debra and Daniel KaminRabbi Jan Caryl KaufmanRabbi Paul and...
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...
RA Morashah Society Sources of Legacy Gifts
Whether as a pledge of a planned gift, or as a donation or set of donations over time during one's lifetime, pledges and gifts by members of the Morashah Society of all amounts are accepted to the RA's Legacy Fund. Gifts of over $10,000...
Morashah - The Rabbinical Assembly Legacy Society
The Rabbinical Assembly’s planned giving program, the RA Morashah Society, will ensure the future of our Rabbinical Assembly for years to come, providing for the support and care of future generations of Rabbis.For more than a century, our...
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...
Prayers for Ukraine
With Ukraine continually on our minds, we are sharing prayers written by colleagues to use as you feel appropriate. You can also view Masorti Olami's prayer in English and Hebrew here.
A Prayer of Peace for the People of...