Press Releases and Statements

Racism and hatred are antithetical to our Jewish values and the ideals on which the Jewish State of Israel was founded. The Conservative/Masorti Movement condemns the decision to include Otzma Yehudit, a racist Israeli political party with roots...

Over the last few days, almost 500 rockets showered down on Israeli towns and cities from Gaza. The Rabbinical Assembly condemns this deadly rocket fire on Israel and Israeli civilians in the strongest terms. This missile onslaught killed at...

Conservative/Masorti rabbis mourn the loss of 11 shot dead at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation The peace and sanctity of the Jewish sabbath was shattered today when a gunman burst into Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue and shot 11...

מדינת ישראל ... תהא מושתתה על יסודות החירות, הצדק והשלום לאור חזונם של נביאי ישראל; תקיים שויון זכויות חברתי ומדיני גמור לכל אזרחיה בלי הבדל דת, גזע ומין; תבטיח חופש דת, מצפון, לשון, חינוך ותרבות… (מתוך מגילת העצמאות, תש"ח)ח אנו,...

We, the Masorti/Conservative Movement representing two million Jews around the world, are outraged by the arrest this morning of Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa, who was awoken at 5:30 am by police for the "crime" of officiating at...

Following Thursday's police detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun, a Conservative (Masorti) rabbi in Israel, detained in the wake of a complaint lodged by the Haifa Rabbinical Court against him - which claimed that he has been officiating at weddings...

In a blow to the unity of the Jewish people, Israel’s Interior Ministry last week rejected the aliyah application of Kibita Yosef, a member of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, currently in Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz. Explaining...

In response to Iranian rocket attacks against Israel late Wednesday night, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following statement: Wednesday, Iranian forces fired some 20 rockets at the Golan Heights, marking the first time the regime has...

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, RA’s chief executive officer, pays emotional tribute to leader of Reform seminary On the occasion of the tragic and untimely passing of Rabbi Aaron Panken z”l, President of Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld,...

Dear Colleagues, Our CEO, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, has informed us of her decision not to seek renewal of her contract, and to end her professional relationship with the Rabbinical Assembly effective June 30, 2019, to be preceded by a...