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RA Praises Canadian Government for Maintaining Iran Sanctions
NEW YORK – Following reports that the Canadian government will not yet lift any sanctions against Iran and, according to a statement from Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson, “will continue to judge Iran by its actions not its...
RA Leadership Voices Concern; Calls for Thoughtful Review of Iran Agreement
NEW YORK – The United States, along with its P5+1 partners, announced Tuesday that a deal with Iran had been reached to curtail that country from obtaining nuclear weapons. In response, the Rabbinical Assembly, the association for...
Rabbis in Small Congregations Conference
An Annual Conference for Conservative Rabbis Serving Small Congregations sponsored by the Coalition of Small Conservative Congregations and the Rabbinical Assembly.
March 28-30 (Monday, 3 PM - Wednesday, 1 PM) at Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai...
Retired Rabbis Kosher Kinus Cruise
The retired rabbis of the RA invite you, your family and friends of any age to join them on their 2nd Annual Kinnus vacation cruise on the premium Celebrity Cruises. Professor Judith Hauptman, will serve as the scholar in residence for the...
Yom Iyun for Chaplains
Using Modern Poetry in our Pastoral Work
Join us for a day of intense Torah learning and practical skills.
Our faculty will be Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner - an emerita member of the Department of Jewish Literature at The Jewish Theological...
Encore Conference 2015
A one-day conference at the Jewith Theological Seminary in New York to envision what retirement might look like. The seminar will focus on both the psychological and practical aspects of retirement. The Joint Retirement Board of the...
Rabbi Eytan Hammerman, Cycling Through Sukkot
Many of us are familiar with the Chabad presence during the festival of Sukkot – a mitzvah mobile equipped with a sound system that plays holiday music and young men offering Jews the chance to recite brakhot over the lulav and etrog. But...
Conservative Rabbis Applaud SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Decision
NEW YORK – In response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision today legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation, the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, released the following...
A Prayer for Charleston
By Rabbi Mark Greenspan
Count the broken hearts, dear Lord,
Count the shattered dreams.
Count the grieving family
And the parishioners who have lost their leaders.
Count the blood spattered bibles, mighty One.
Count the...
Words After Charleston, SC
By Rabbi David Kosak
Barukh she’amar
With Your words, You created worlds
variegated flowers, star shaped seed pods,
the geology of craters and ranges
striations of color
the bedrock of Your world
and pinnacle...