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Resolution on Paid Family Leave in United States
Whereas throughout time Jews have placed our families at the center of our lives, beginning with the commandment to honor our fathers and mothers (Deuteronomy 5:15) and continuing with the mitzvot ha’av al ha’ben and the mitzvot ha’ben...
Resolution on African Asylum Seekers in Israel
מאי דכתיב וגר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים? תנינא רבי נתן אומר: מום שבך אל תאמר לחברך.
Whereas the Torah and the Sages insist that identifying with the vulnerable stranger is at the heart of...
Resolution Affirming the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image; and
Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kvod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006...
Resolution on Racial Injustice and Police Brutality
Whereas it is the responsibility of all Americans to fight racism, both conscious and unconscious, not only in history, but in our time. Not only in the wider world but within the Jewish community; and
Resolution on American Gun Violence
Whereas Jewish tradition affirms the inherent worth of each person, each created in the Divine Image; and
Whereas approximately 32,000 Americans die as a result of gun violence every year1; and
Resolution on Paris United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Background: The recent Paris climate talks marked the 21st “Conference of Parties” of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Over 190 participating nations negotiated a climate agreement under the...
Resolution on Support for Syrian Refugees
Whereas the Torah enjoins us many times to treat foreigners who come to our land fairly, as in Lev. 19:34: כְּאֶזְרָח מִכֶּם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַגֵּר הַגָּר אִתְּכֶם וְאָהַבְתָּ לוֹ כָּמוֹךָ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ...
Resolution on the Burmese Genocidal Treatment of the Rohingya Minority
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has taken seriously the “614th commandment” of “Never Again!,” the compelling covenantal responsibility deriving from our people’s painful history of oppression and persecution and
Convention Speakers
Steven Bayme
Dr. Bayme will discuss the topic “Jews and American Politics: Implications for the 2016 Elections” on Wednesday, May 25th at Noon.
Steven Bayme serves as Director of the William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life...
Limmud & Breakout Sessions
Limmud
The Rabbi as Rodef Shalom
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
The Nature of Hiyyuv Today: Reflections on Women and Mitzvot
Rabbi Dr. Pamela Barmash
Support, Service, Obedience: Defining the Parameters of Kibbud Av ve-Em (Part 1 of...