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International Day of Halakhic Study 2018
The CJLS International Day of Halakhic Study is a movement-wide day on which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS.
The teshuvah selected by a survey of RA members...
International Seminar for Halakhic Study, Spring 2019
The CJLS is sponsoring the International Seminar for Halakhic Study, a movement-wide seminar in which Conservative/Masorti congregations, communities, and schools will come together to study a specific teshuvah of the CJLS.
The teshuvah...
Conservative Movement on Deadly Attack in Jersey City, Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three civilians and wounding several others. This incident follows...
Antisemitism and White Nationalism: the Challenge and Our Response
The Rabbinical Assembly was honored this month to be the convener of a webinar series co-hosted with the CCAR (the Reform Rabbinic organization), the RCA (the mainstream Orthodox Rabbinic organization), and the RRA (the Reconstructionist...
From Organic Farming to Composting: Ramah Campers and USYers Get Hands-on Lessons in Sustainability
by Renee Ghert-Zand
Every year, Ramah campers leave at the end of the summer having learned new things that they can incorporate into their lives at home. It could be more Hebrew, how to chant Torah, or how to do a layup on...
Death and Mourning
Discover guidance, language, and support to accompany individuals and communities through death, dying, and grief. The goal is to sustain and strengthen this sacred, demanding work during some of the most difficult times facing those we...
The Mitzvah of Organ Donation
by Rabbi Joseph H. Prouser
From The United Synagogue Review, Spring 1997
The inestimable value of human life is a cardinal principle of Jewish law. This principle includes an obligation for maintenance of our own health and...
Cemetery and Burial
Jewish Cemeteries – Green and Greener
by David Zinner What is a Jewish Cemetery and how to make it green(er) Relevant Teshuvot:
by David Zinner What is a Jewish Cemetery and how to make it green(er) Relevant Teshuvot:
Burial
Morris Feldman, "May a Mausoleum Be Used for Jewish Burial?" YD...