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Sefirat Ha-omer
By Rabbi Edward Feld
Biblically, Sefirat Ha-omer seems to have a purely agricultural association. The Omer offering of barley was dedicated at the Temple on the Second Day of Pesach and one then proceeded to count seven weeks...
Executive Assistant/Researcher
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The Rabbinical Assembly is seeking an Executive Assistant / Researcher to support the work of the Chief Executive Officer.
The Executive Assistant / Researcher to the Chief Executive Officer...
Two Leaders
By Rabbi Edward Feld
When my nephew was nine or ten he announced that he wanted to be a rabbi. “What does a rabbi do?” I asked him. “Announce pages,” he said.
The interaction between the rabbi and the cantorial...
Conservative Movement Leaders Attend White House Meeting on Supreme Court Nominee
Following a White House meeting today in which administration officials sought to engage with national faith leaders regarding President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive...
Resolution on the Inclusion of Emerging Communities in Latin America
Whereas our Movement believes in the institution of conversion as an integral part of the Jewish faith, and a key issue in securing the mission and integrity of the Jewish People, and
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has...
Resolution on Anti-Semitism
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly is greatly concerned by the resurgence of virulent anti-Semitism in North America, Europe and around the globe both from the extreme right and the extreme left; and
Whereas the last year has seen scores...
Resolution on Immigration to the United States
Whereas Torah teaches: You shall not turn over to his master a slave who seeks refuge with you from his master. He shall live with you in any place he may choose among the settlements in your midst, wherever he pleases; you must not ill-treat him...
Resolution on the Support of Science and Science-based Policy in Government
How great are Your works, O Lord, Your designs are very deep;
The brute does not know nor does the fool understand this. (Psalm 92)
Whereas the Jewish tradition teaches that “the seal of the Holy Blessed One, is truth.” (BT Yoma...
2017 Convention Schedule
You will find an updated Convention schedule below (subject to change). We look forward to seeing many of you in Baltimore!
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