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Resolution Against Sexual Harassment and/or Assault
Whereas the Torah teaches us that we are all created בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים (betzelem elohim, “in the image of God”), and thus it follows that Rabbi Eliezer said (Pirkei Avot 2:10), “יְהִי...
Resolution on Antisemitic Incitement and Violence
רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר: על שלשה דברים העולם עומד. על הדין ועל האמת והשלום ושלשתן דבר אחד הן. נעשה הדין נעשה אמת נעשה שלום. א"ר מנא ושלשתן בפסוק...
Resolution Against Iran’s Nuclear Capability
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed numerous resolutions (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2013) as well as having made public statements (2015 about the Canadian Government as well as one about the US Government) regarding Iran as a...
Resolution on Right to Legal and Accessible Abortion in the United States
“If anyone kills any human being, he shall be put to death” (Leviticus 24:17). In the Mekhilta d’Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (21:12), the midrash teaches that a fetus is not a living person: “The Torah says ‘[one who strikes] a man’ (Exodus 21:12),...
Resolution Outlining Legislative Priorities to Combat the Food Insecurity Crisis in the United States
לֹ֧א תְאַמֵּ֣ץ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ֗ וְלֹ֤א תִקְפֹּץ֙ אֶת־יָ֣דְךָ֔ מֵאָחִ֖יךָ הָאֶבְיֽוֹן... כִּֽי־פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ ל֑וֹ
Freedom from the Perspective of Retirement
By Rabbi Mark J. Bisman
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
From the perspective of retirement (for 7+ years)
Freedom from the financial need to work to...
Freeing Ourselves from the "Always" and the "Never"
By Rabbi Sandra Kochmann
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
In my work as the rabbi in charge of the egalitarian side of the Kotel, I am often invited to speak about the...
Connecting with the Divine in the Outdoors
By Rabbi Eliav Bock
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
This past Shabbat morning, I suited up my baby daughter in her winter gear, put on my own jacket and gloves, put...
The Ancient Jewish Vaccine Against Loneliness
By Rabbi Mario Rojzman
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
As I prepare to write these lines, my friend and congregant journalist Andrés Oppenheimer tells me that Japan...
The Story of the Exodus Ship
By Rabbi Ervin Birnbaum
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
I find it interesting and fascinating to what an extent our past does not abandon us and serves us as a source...