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Prayer for the Military
By Arnold Resnicoff
Almighty God, who gives to everything a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven -- a time for war; a time for peace; a time for life; a time for death; and always time for hope -- we take time now to honor...
Siddur Lev Shalem Resources
Guides to the General Content of Siddur Lev Shalem
Table of piyyutim and zemirot with page numbers | Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Associate Editor, Siddur Lev Shalem How did that get in there? Surveying the distinctive contents of Siddur Lev...
The siddur as a text for study at home and in shul
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Presenters - Rabbi Alan Lettofsky, Siddur Committee...
Inside Siddur Lev Shalem - How did that get there?
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Presenters - Rabbi Rob Scheinberg, Siddur Committee...
Reclaiming Kavanah: Strategies for prayer leadership utilizing our new siddur
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Presenters - Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz and Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Associate Editor, Siddur Lev...
What's new in Siddur Lev Shalem and what's the big deal?
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Introduction - Cantor David Lipp opens with music
Welcome - Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, The Rabbinical Assembly
Keynote Address - Rabbi Ed Feld, Senior Editor of Siddur...
CJLS Update
The CJLS met this past week at JTS. During the meeting, the committee approved three teshuvot:
The first teshuvah was on the permissibility of physician strikes by Jay Stein. Apart from responding to issues of changing health...
Resolution Against Anti-Muslim Bigotry and for Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
Whereas core Jewish values demand that we do not stand idly by while the blood of our neighbors is shed; and
Whereas Jewish tradition asserts that human beings are created in the Divine Image and that all...
Resolution on Persecuted Christians
Whereas The Rabbinical Assembly has consistently stood for the Jewish ideals of love of Mankind (Hoshea 6:6- hesed hafatsti v'lo zevah), Brotherhood (V'ahavta l'reaha Kamokha: Lev, 19:18 ), and hatred of persecution and...