Mazal Tov to the Newest RA Members

The Rabbinical Assembly extends a hearty mazal tov to our new colleagues who were ordained at the ordination ceremonies of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and the Jewish Theological...
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RA Convention 2012 Media Coverage

The media coverage of Convention was extensive, including articles in JTA, CNN, LA Times, Haaretz, Maariv, Yediot, and more. A more comprehensive list of media coverage is available on these topics: Vice President Joe Biden Yair...
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Vice President Biden at Convention 2012

We're thrilled that Vice President Joseph Biden has accepted our invitation to address our members on Tuesday May 8. Vice President Biden, through decades of service in public life, has long been a dedicated and loyal supporter of the Jewish...
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Universal Health Care: A Jewish Moral Imperative

By Julie SchonfeldOriginally posted in The Washington PostThis week’s Supreme Court hearings on the president’s health care plan will likely generate this court’s signature decision of a generation. That but a few of the complex...
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American Judaism and Pigskin: יהדות ארה"ב ועור החזיר של כדור הפוטבול

Originally published by מקור ראשון on February 5 (download the original PDF).לרגל משחק הסופרבול עסקו בסוף השבוע בקהילה הקונסרבטיבית בארה"ב בשאלה האם מותר לשחק פוטבול בכדור מעור חזירמאת צביקה קלייןהסופרבול, אירוע הפוטבול והספורט הפופולארי ביותר...
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Update on Inclusive Hiring

The Rabbinical Assembly is actively working to promote the career trajectory of women rabbis. In 2004, the RA published the landmark study entitled Gender Variation in the Careers of Conservative Rabbis: A Survey of Rabbis Ordained Since 1985.
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Let There Be Light

In response to photos of the protests in Jerusalem where a misguided few dressed their children in concentration camp uniforms and yellow stars, we cannot stay silent. Whatever they meant, they told the world that their Judaism is engulfed in...
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