Archive 2013

This source sheet, created by Gail Swedroe, explores the themes of religious freedom and thankfulness through the lens of both Jewish and secular texts.Download the Source...

You may have read recently about the launching of a new interdenominational initiative for Jewish disabilities issues. This program is called Hineinu, and we – the undersigned – are proud to represent USCJ and the RA. Here is how the press...

We are excited to report that in addition to the four RA members who make up the official RA delegation, six members of the RA are in attendance at the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable Network General Assembly being held currently at the...

On Monday, Julie Schonfeld, Steve Wernick and Yizhar Hess met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit. The conversation focused on three main topics: developments in the negotiations with Iran, the...

Typhoon Haiyan has caused vast destruction in the Philippines. Here are some ways you can help:Donate to relief efforts: AJWS | JDC | JFNAShare a prayer:A Prayer After Typhoon Haiyan by Menachem CreditorGod of Winds and Waves: A Prayer for the...

The Pew Research Center recently released a comprehensive survey of U.S. Jews. In this conference call for RA members, Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, one of the advisors for the Pew study, evaluated the data from the survey as related to the...

The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards met last week at the USCJ centennial in Baltimore. Three new teshuvot were passed. Jeremy Kalmanofsky, "Participating in the American Death Penalty" HM 2:1.2013 Mayer Rabinowitz, "Manual for...

Yesterday the Rabbinical Assembly had the privilege of co-hosting a conference call with Ben Rhodes, the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, to discuss the events unfolding in Syria and the President’s response to them.

Op-Eds by Julie Schonfeld and Ashira KonigsburgLeveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle by Julie Schonfeld [Jerusalem Post]The Women’s Section by Ashira Konigsburg [Times of Israel] About the PlanPrayer Plaza in Jerusalem for Both Sexes...

By Julie SchonfeldOriginally posted in The Jerusalem PostThese have been a few puzzling days as a large platform now referred to as “Ezrat Yisrael” appeared with short notice and some confusion at Robinson’s Arch, the area at the southern...

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