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צא ולמד - Our Body as Teacher: A Spiritual Journey Through the Hebrew Letters
By Rabbi Danielle Upbin
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
As a rabbi and yoga instructor, I have had the privilege of inviting my...
Planning for Retirement: The Financial Aspect
From RA Convention, March 1, 2021
Mitchell Smilowitz, CEO, Joint Retirement...
Passover Project Video
Perfect to play at home or at Jewish education classes. See modern slavery survivors describe in their own words what they experienced, and hear Rabbi Debra Orenstein explain how to make Passover about slavery past AND present.
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The Real-World Implications of Israel's High Court Decision
By Rabbi Andrew Sacks
Last evening Israel’s High Court (Bagatz) ruled that conversions performed in Israel through the Masorti and the Reform movements must be recognized by the state for the purpose of citizenship under...
RA Celebrates Israel High Court Decision Affirming Conservative and Reform Conversions for the Law of Return
March 1, 2021
New York, NY – The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative/Masorti movement rabis, celebrates the decision today of Israel's High Court that affirms Conservative and Reform conversions to...
Update on USCJ/RA Collaboration
July - December 2020
Rabbi Stewart Vogel (RA) and Ned Gladstein (USCJ)
Rabbi Stewart Vogel (RA) and Ned Gladstein (USCJ)
In the spring of 2020, USCJ and the RA announced the beginning of a collaboration. This past July, Rabbi Jacob...
Comforting Mourners (Nihum Aveilim) on Festivals
Download Comforting Mourners (Nihum Aveilim) on Festivals, the CJLS responsa by Daniel...
Navigating the Space Between Strict and Lenient
Response to the question "Regarding the legal principle of notein ta'am lifgam: does it apply during Passover? Is our custom to regard something with such a transmitted [and damaged] hametz-flavor as forbidden or permitted?"
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Touching Hametz on Passover
Response to the question "If one finds hametz in his/her home on Pesach, and wants to dispose of it and burn it, is it permitted for her to touch it, or not?"
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