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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.
Pesah Guide 2026
After over a decade, we’ve given the Rabbinical Assembly Pesah Guide a makeover for 5786. You’ll find a new introduction, updated directions on kashering with an expanded list of kitchen items, and the sections on which foods can or cannot be...
SNAP Policy Changes: What They Mean for Jewish Communities
Thursday, March 5 at 3:30pm ET / 12:30 pm PT
Following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) in July 2025, the federal food assistance landscape has shifted significantly. With an estimated $187 billion in reductions and sweeping...
Hevra Kadisha as Living Practice: Values, Leadership, and Shared Responsibility
Wednesday, February 25; 3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT
Chevra Kadisha is often understood as quiet, behind-the-scenes work, yet its impact on Jewish communal life is profound. Led by Sarit Wishnevski, Executive Director of Kavod v'Nichum, we’ll...
Statement on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and Freeing the Hostages
As rabbis of the Conservative/Masorti Movement, we are increasingly concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We recognize the need for urgent action to alleviate...
Honoring the Return of Ran Gvili
At long last, the remains of Ran Gvili, the final Israeli hostage, have been brought home to Israel by his fellow IDF soldiers. We welcome the closing of this chapter with heavy...
Welcoming the Stranger: Preparing for Refugee Shabbat
Discover the Torah behind this year’s Refugee Shabbat (March 13–16), grounding today’s immigration realities in Jewish tradition: a people shaped by migration and commanded to care for the ger–the stranger among us. Join us for a panel that will...
Membership Brit Task Force
Our RA is engaged in a multi-year process to create a Membership Brit that will be a values-based, covenantal articulation of our shared life as an Assembly, offering a framework for colleagues to lean on one another and ask for help when it’s...
Memorial Book 2025 & Recording
עשה לך רב, וקנה לך חבר, והוי דן את כל אדם לכף זכות. (פרקי אבות א:ו)
As we remember colleagues and spouses who have passed away in the past year, we take the above adage from Pirkei Avot to heart: They have been our hevreh, and we have...
Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement
Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19)