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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.
Update on the Situation at the Kotel
Dear Colleagues,
Yesterday, our RA signed and shared a letter calling for the prevention of bloodshed and immediate implementation of the Kotel Agreement in light of the real threats to the Women of the Wall, who pray every Rosh...
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...
Register for ScholarStream Series #3 NOW!
It’s time to register for the next series of ScholarStream!...
Interview Policy of the RA/USCJ Joint Placement Commission
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the Joint Placement Commission (“JPC”)* has evaluated the changing safety...
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...
BURMA Act of 2021 Introduced in the U.S. House and Senate
Earlier this month, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks, House Foreign Affairs Asia-Pacific Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Chabot, and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin introduced the BURMA Act.
The...
Special RA Campaign to Support Colleagues Globally
In this very challenging and uncertain time, we are again excited to bring a ray of hope through a new joint...
ScholarStream Individual Registration is Open & Full Descriptions for Series 2
Following a successful launch of our ScholarStream program in 5781, we are excited to announce the full year of...
ScholarStream 5782 Sponsors
We are grateful to our ScholarStream 5782 organizational sponsors. If you are part of a synagogue or organization interested in sponsoring ScholarStream, please click here.
Congregation...
International Seminar for Halakhic Study, Fall 2021
The CJLS sponsored the International Seminar for Halakhic Study, a movement-wide seminar in which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools came together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS. During the Jewish year of 5782...