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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
Movement Statement on Jerusalem
The Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the entire worldwide Masorti/Conservative Movement listed below, issued the following statement today following President Trump’s announcement that the...
A Kavannah As We Light Shabbat Candles
By Rabbi Ari Lucas
לֹא-תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ, בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם, בְּיוֹם, הַשַּׁבָּת
Let no fire burn in your homes on the Sabbath Day
– Exodus 35:3
As I kindle these Shabbat flames and...
Movement Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse
In light of the growing number of reports of sexual harassment in recent weeks, as evidenced in the proliferation of posts using #MeToo and #GamAni hashtags, the Conservative Jewish movement, as represented by...
Resolution in Support of J-1 Camp Counselor and Summer Work Travel Visas
Whereas the Bible teaches us ki mitzion tetze Torah, from out of Zion emanate the teachings of our Torah (Isaiah 2:3), and
Whereas Jewish education around the world is enriched by citizens of the State of Israel and Jews from...
Conservative Judaism and Covenantal Love
A summary of our recent Pastoral Letter: Not new policy, but an articulation for its reasons and a call for renewed and deeper welcome for ALL couples and families who seek a home in Conservative/Masorti communities!
We hope that this...
Statement on Las Vegas Mass Shooting
On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concert goers on the Las Vegas Strip, killing over 58 and injuring over 500 people.
The Rabbinical Assembly is horrified by the senseless and brutal attack on the...
Conservative Movement Protests Kotel and Conversion Setbacks
This letter, signed by approximately 400 Conservative Movement institutions, petitions the Prime Minister to urgently address the damage to Israel/Diaspora relations by the Kotel deal freeze and pending conversion legislation that will...
After the Storm: A Prayer to Choose Life
by Rabbi David Seidenberg with Aharon Varady, Baruch Sienna, and others assisting
Download a PDF of the prayer...
A Prayer for Victims of a Hurricane
by Rabbi Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of Nashuva in Los Angeles, CA.
Are You watching, God?
Have You seen the innocent swept away?
Are You listening God?
Have You heard their cries?
A Prayer During and in the Aftermath of a Devastating Storm
By Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA
for all those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Elohei haRuchot, God of the Winds,[1]
Fixated as we are by incalculable losses in...