Press Releases and Statements

Our Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement today on Israel's intention to extend annexation of the West Bank: The Rabbinical Assembly fully supports the right of the democratically elected government of Israel to pursue policies that...

Deepened Partnership Marks New Era for Conservative/Masorti Movement July 1, 2020 (New York City, NY) – Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, currently Chief Executive of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), today begins his new joint leadership...

New York, NY – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly today to nullify a Louisiana abortion law that dramatically decreased abortion accessibility by mandating that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The...

New York, NY – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and rejected the Trump administration's plan to deport as many as 800,000 Dreamers living peacefully in the United States. In...

New York – In 2016, in response to incidents of police brutality against black people in Ferguson (Missouri), Baltimore and other cities in the United States, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti...

In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on state legislatures to remove unnecessary and restrictive...

To whom it may concern: We the undersigned, presidents of international organizations of rabbis, representing different viewpoints, constituencies, and movements, are writing to advocate for a cause that unites all Jews. In times marked by...

The Conservative/Masorti Movement is outraged by the rash of antisemitic assaults against identifiably Orthodox Jews this past week in the New York City area, most recently the attack last night on the Monsey home of Rabbi Chaim Leibish Rottenberg...

New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three civilians and wounding several others. This incident follows recent polling...