Resolutions 2008

WHEREAS the past 43 years since the conclusion of Vatican Council II and the issuance of Nostra Aetate have been marked by fruitful dialogue, a history of progress and amicable relations between Catholics and Jews; WHEREAS remarkable progress has...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly was a founding partner of COEJL (Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life) has articulated the Jewish responsibility to address global climate change and work towards an environmentally responsible energy policy...

WHEREAS human life is of infinite value (Genesis 1:27) and preservation of life supersedes almost all other considerations (pikuah nefesh); WHEREAS the revered rabbinic scholar and physician, Maimonides, taught that health care was a primary...

BACKGROUND: Conservative Judaism has long been concerned with alleviating the plight of agunot. Through both its Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and its National Bet Din, it has instituted halakhic solutions to aid agunot such as the...

WHEREAS Jerusalem from the time of the Bible was established as the political and religious center of the Jewish people; WHEREAS during 2000 years of exile, Jerusalem (Zion) has been a guiding light for the Jews and a focus of prayer and...

WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly since its founding has fervently supported a Zionist ideology as integral to the Jewish People; WHEREAS Israel is a vibrant democracy where all political issues are thoroughly debated; WHEREAS the United States...

WHEREAS the book of Psalms teaches and as found in our liturgy, “When Adonai restored our exiles to Zion, it was like a dream.” (Psalms 126:1), the Jewish People realized that dream sixty years ago when the State of Israel...

BACKGROUND The Rabbinical Assembly is already on record stressing the need for the United Nations and individual countries to act to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability. Recently, the United States issued a National Intelligence...