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CJLS Approves Four New Papers
The CJLS met last week on Tuesday and Wednesday at JTS in New York. During the meeting, the Committee approved four papers:
“Military Cemeteries and Military Funerals” by Pamela Barmash, asks if Jews may be buried in a...
Update to Standards of Practice
This week the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly responded to the request of the Executive Council that they determine the status of attendance at an intermarriage in light...
Listen Now: Webinar on Global RA Refugee Support
In the midst of the world’s most severe refugee crisis, a number of RA colleagues shared their best practices in a special webinar on September 26. We heard about a variety of projects and ongoing support being offered in Canada,...
"Truth & Healing": A Women's Retreat for Jewish Clergy
As rabbis, we are equipped to create rituals and communities of spiritual support. Let's make sure we're doing it for ourselves.
The Truth & Healing Women's Retreat co-sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly will include networking...
Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice
By Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff
Paperback or eBook: $40.00
978-0-8276-1310-2
A major Conservative Movement leader of our times employs his unique position as a player in many historical events and texts to provide a...
Petition in Support of Rabbi Dov Haiyun
מדינת ישראל ... תהא מושתתה על יסודות החירות, הצדק והשלום לאור חזונם של נביאי ישראל; תקיים שויון זכויות חברתי ומדיני גמור לכל אזרחיה בלי הבדל דת, גזע ומין; תבטיח חופש דת, מצפון, לשון, חינוך ותרבות…...
Conservative Movement Statement on Arrest of Israeli Rabbi Dov Haiyun
We, the Masorti/Conservative Movement representing two million Jews around the world, are outraged by the arrest this morning of Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa, who was awoken at 5:30 am by police for the "crime" of...
RA Condemns Detention of Masorti Rabbi
Following Thursday's police detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun, a Conservative (Masorti) rabbi in Israel, detained in the wake of a complaint lodged by the Haifa Rabbinical Court against him - which claimed that he has been officiating at...
Conservative/Masorti Movement Condemns Decision of Israel’s Interior Ministry on Uganda’s Abayudaya
In a blow to the unity of the Jewish people, Israel’s Interior Ministry last week rejected the aliyah application of Kibita Yosef, a member of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, currently in Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz.
RA Statement on Iranian Attack on Israel
In response to Iranian rocket attacks against Israel late Wednesday night, the Rabbinical Assembly released the following statement:
Wednesday, Iranian forces fired some 20 rockets at the Golan Heights,...