Press Releases and Statements

The Kenyan Jewish leader has been denied entry to Israel twice, despite having been converted by Conservative rabbis. The Rabbinical Assembly, the world-wide body representing Conservative/Masorti movement rabbis, issued the following statement...

R.A. opposes current plan to rapidly deport would-be refugees from Sudan and Eritrea. The Rabbinical Assembly, the official body representing rabbis in the Conservative/Masorti movement, issued the following statement regarding African...

Conservative rabbis uphold intermarriage officiation ban, call for reconsideration of attendance ban The Rabbinical Assembly, receiving a report by its Blue Ribbon Commission, reaffirmed and further applied its standards on Conservative movement...

NEW YORK - In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Belgium Tuesday morning and reports that ISIS is now claiming responsibility for these horrific murders, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis,...

This week, we will join 20,000 fellow Jews in Washington, DC for the annual AIPAC policy conference. And this year, as in prior election years, the leading presidential candidates—Donald Trump among them—will take the stage to address pro-Israel...

Calls for Swift Implementation of Kotel DealNEW YORK – In the weeks since the historic agreement to create a permanent space for pluralistic and egalitarian prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall), Israel has seen Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz,...

NEW YORK – Following reports of a wave of terror attacks in Israel on Tuesday in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Petah Tikva, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, released the following statement: We mourn...

NEW YORK - Today marks an historic moment as the Israeli governing Cabinet has approved a proposal to create a permanent space for pluralistic and egalitarian prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall). This space will accommodate all forms of prayer...

This week, Im Tirtzu released a video accusing well-known human rights activists in Israel as being enemy agents of the state, while President Rivlin has continued to be the target of incendiary language, most recently from the Heritage Channel and...