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Following the terrible attack in Brussels, Rabbi Wittenberg put out this immediate statement on behalf of members of the Rabbinical Assembly in Europe
We are shocked and horrified by the appalling terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Our thoughts are with the families of those who were injured and murdered.
We ask the authorities to do everything within their power to find...
Struggling with Mental Illness: Sanctuaries for the Mind
By Alfredo Borodowski, Congregation Sulam Yaakov, Larchmont, NY
From the outset let me declare that “I am not bipolar,” but that “I have a bipolar disorder.” As much as this condition has been challenging, it does...
Keys to Running a Successful Event
By Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg and Daniel Schoenberg
With a bit more planning, you can make your event stand out. Here’s how:
Definition: Be deliberate about what type of event you’re planning.
A program is a low...
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Russian and Chinese Veto of UN Resolution on Syria
In response to the failure of a proposed resolution to the UN Security Council to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive...
Rabbinical Assembly Reacts to Santa Barbara Shooting
In the aftermath of the most recent gun violence tragedy, that took place on Friday night at University of California, Santa Barbara, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
Rabbi Bill Gershon, President...
Conservative Movement Reacts to a Weekend of International Anti-Semitic Attacks
In response to a weekend of multiple anti-semitic attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions including the brutal murder of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels and the savage beating of two Jews outside a synagogue in Creteil, France,...
No Mothers Day for Those Enslaved
By Julie Schonfeld
Originially posted in Huffington Post
There will be no flowers for them this Sunday, no handwritten cards on construction paper, no lunch, no love. Thousands of women and girls are enslaved in sex trafficking...
But Everyone Does It! The Ethics of Intellectual Property
By Mark Greenspan
Parashat Mattot-Mas'ei, Numbers 30:2 – 36:13
“Crime and Punishment,” by Rabbi Abigail Sosland, (pp. 458- 475) in The Observant Life
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Life and Death in our Hands: Who, When, and How Do we Execute Justice?
By Mark Greenspan
Parashat Pinhas, Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
“Crime and Punishment,” by Rabbi Abigail Sosland, (pp. 458- 475) in The Observant Life
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Reading Balaam: Is There Truth among Gentile Prophets?
By Mark Greenspan
Parashat Balak, Numbers 22:2 – 25:9
“Interfaith Relations,” by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, (pp. 727-750) in The Observant Life
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