Resolutions 2005

WHEREAS President Bush and the United States of America have undertaken the furthering of freedom and democracy around the world; and WHEREAS we support the troops and coalition forces who are in harm’s way to achieve this end;...

Background: We, members of the Rabbinical Assembly, are heirs to traditions that ingrain in us an “aggressive attitude toward improving life,” exemplified in Pirkei Avot 2:20-1 “Rabbi Tarfon taught: The day is short, the task is great. You are not...

WHEREAS as the intifada continues, many church spokespersons have too frequently tied the murdering of Jews to Arab poverty and frustration; and WHEREAS anti-Semitism is once again on the rise, particularly in Europe; and WHEREAS the...

WHEREAS we are bidden שלום דרכי מפני (for ways of peace) and הבריות שלום מפני (for peace among all creatures) and איבה מפני (to avoid hatred) and ה׳ חילול מפני (to avoid disgrace) and העולם תקון מפני (for improving the world) to be concerned...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly has always based its environmental resolutions on the principles of: Responsibilities to future generations: "Therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live" (Deuteronomy 30:20), Integrity of...

WHEREAS there is a serious shortage of organs available for transplantation, leading to thousands of deaths each year; WHEREAS serious illnesses and conditions leading to disability and often death may be ameliorated or cured through new...

Background: On December 8, 2004, President George Bush signed into law the FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Included in this omnibus appropriations bill is a provision known as the Weldon Federal Refusal Clause. This provision was drafted...

Background: The Social Security system is funded primarily from payroll tax deductions by employees and their employers. The Social Security Trust Fund, held in United States Treasury bonds, provides interest to cover a shortfall in any...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly, whose members serve as rabbis in Israel and the Diaspora, is an affiliate of the worldwide Masorti/Conservative movement, which supports the goals of Zionism as an integral facet of its commitment to the welfare of...

WHEREAS the members of the Rabbinical Assembly have been in the forefront of establishing institutions of our movement both in ארץ ישראל (the land of Israel) and worldwide; WHEREAS members of the Rabbinical Assembly have committed themselves to...