Resolutions 2011

Whereas the Palestinian leadership plans to offer a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2011 calling for the unilateral recognition of an independent Palestinian state in opposition to the position of the Quartet (the...

Whereas the Internet has been a great advance in human communication, and in particular has provided far-reaching resources and opportunities for Jewish study; Whereas the Internet has also opened many opportunities for invasion of privacy,...

Whereas Jewish law mandates that the community provide affordable health care, as evidenced in a responsum on Medical Issues: “It has been enacted that in every place in which Jews live, the community sets aside a fund for care of the sick. ...

"You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19) Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has continuously and consistently advocated for the rights of immigrants in resolutions passed in 1992, 1995,...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed three resolutions (1992, 1994 and 1995) supporting clemency for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas this past year marked twenty-five years of incarceration for Jonathan Pollard; Whereas his sentence of life in...

Whereas the book of Psalms teaches, “Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from deceitful speech. Shun evil and do good, seek amity and pursue it.” (Psalms 34:14-15); Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is on record with previous resolutions...

Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly passed resolutions in 1990, 2001, 2007 and 2009 in support of conversions of those committed to Jewish life in accordance with halakhah in the State of Israel from all main streams of Judaism; Whereas a bill...

“There is a real danger that the media, United States Government and international community will lose focus in the weeks and months ahead. During this critical time, we need your help to keep the spotlight on Sudan.” Mark Lotwis, Save Darfur...

Preamble: “Great is human dignity, since it overrides a negative precept of the Torah.” (Brakhot 19b) In 1990, the Rabbinical Assembly passed a resolution entitled “Gay and Lesbian Jews,” which called us to: Work for full and equal...

Background: The “Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act” was introduced in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate in January, 2011, seeking to limit high capacity firearm magazines, with the following...