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New Teshuvah: Wearing Face Covering, Physical Distancing, and Other Measures to Control the COVID-19 Pandemic
The CJLS has passed a new teshuvah, "Wearing Face Covering, Physical Distancing, and Other Measures to Control the COVID-19 Pandemic," by Rabbis Elliot Dorff and Susan Grossman, by a vote of 18-0-0. Rabbis Dorff and Grossman conclude that for the...
New ScholarStream Sponsorship Opportunity
We are thrilled with the response to our first four series of ScholarStream. Even though we’re still in the middle of two excellent series, we wanted to squeeze in two more before Pesah and...
Form to Download Megillat Esther
Please fill out this download form to access Megillat Esther. Halakhic guidance from the CJLS may be found here and...
Shall the State of Israel Recognize the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda? A Summary of the Hearing before Israel’s High Court of Justice
(see: Background Information on the Israeli Supreme Court Case Regarding the Jewish Community in Uganda | The Rabbinical Assembly for additional context)
Background Information on the Israeli Supreme Court Case Regarding the Jewish Community in Uganda
The question “Who is a Jew?” has been around for quite some time. Now the question being asked is who shall determine what constitutes a Jewish community?
Many of you are familiar with the...
New Teshuvah: Reading Megillat Esther Under Covid Precautions
The CJLS has passed a teshuvah (13-0-1) by Rabbi Avram Reisner regarding Purim 5781 celebrations during the ongoing pandemic. Rabbi Reisner details several acceptable Megillah reading procedures, in descending order of halakhic...
Bios: Rabbis Pamela Barmash and Elliot Dorff
Through our 2021 annual appeal, we are proud to honor Rabbi Pamela Barmash and Rabbi Elliot Dorff for their career contributions and leadership of our Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS), particularly...