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Rabbinical Assembly Alarmed by Rate of Global Anti-semitism Revealed in ADL Study
Calls for increased education and dialogue worldwide
In response to an Anti-Defamation League survey released this week revealing alarming rates of global anti-Semitism The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism, the Rabbinical...
An Update from Mitch Cohen
Rabbanim Nichbadim
Ramah is growing and thriving. We've doubled the number of campers attending our programs in 20 years. Over 10,000 campers and staff will attend a Ramah program this year, whether in our overnight camps, our day...
Rabbinical Assembly Reacts to Rabbi’s Guilty Plea of Kidnapping
In response to the guilty plea of Rabbi David Wax to charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, the Rabbinical Assembly issued the following statement:
The Rabbinical Assembly condemns the actions of Rabbi David Wax, an Orthodox rabbi...
Letter to Ambassador CdeBaca Regarding Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls
Dear Ambassador CdeBaca,
We write to you as a former member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international member organization for over 1700...
Convention 2014 Live Streaming Schedule
A number of sessions at the 2014 RA Convention will be streaming live over the internet. If you can't make it to Convetion in person, please join us online!
NOTE: All times are Centreal Daylight Time
To view streaming content,...
Update from last week's CJLS meeting
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards met on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and discussed 9 papers on a variety of issues:
Three teshuvot were passed:
Letters of Recommendation by Elliot Dorff and Marc...
Letter to Ambassador Rice in advance of her upcoming visit to Israel
Dear Ambassador Rice,
As you prepare for your upcoming trip to Israel in the coming days, I would like to wish you a nesiyah tovah, a good journey, on behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly. It is auspicious that your journey coincides with...
Actually, J Street Won
By Gerald Skolnik
Originally posted on The Jewish Week
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you win, but really lose. And then other times you lose, but really win.
On the face of it, J Street...
Fear and exclusion of J Street is misguided and destructive
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted on Haaretz
As Israel and the Jewish community worldwide face an increasingly unstable Mideast, an Iran with nuclear ambitions and a stalled peace process, it is not surprising that...
Rabbinical Assembly to Support J Street membership in Conference of Presidents
In advance of a vote of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations that will determine whether the organization J Street will be granted membership, Rabbinical Assembly President Rabbi Gerald Skolnik and Executive Vice...