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Kol Adonai b'KOACH
By Ben Goldberg
Imagine that you’re a freshman in college and it’s your first Shabbat on campus. You decide to check out the Jewish community in hope of continuing the vibrant Jewish life you came to love in your Conservative synagogue,...
Towards an Inclusive Celebration: B'nei Mitzvah for Children with Special Needs
By Paula Mack Drill, Orangetown Jewish Center, Orangeburg, NY
The Project:Every synagogue membership role includes a significant minority of families who have children with special needs; learning differences, emotional or...
Reflections on Heschel's Upcoming Yarzheit
By Jan Caryl Kaufman
I will never forget where I was on December 23, 1972 when I learned of the passing of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I was a junior in college and had gone to my evening classes at the Baltimore Hebrew...
Let There Be Light
In response to photos of the protests in Jerusalem where a misguided few dressed their children in concentration camp uniforms and yellow stars, we cannot stay silent. Whatever they meant, they told the world that their Judaism is engulfed in...
Hodesh Tov - Tevet
“Jewish-Gentile Relations in Tanaitic Halakhah”
by Moti Arad, lecturer in Talmud, Schechter...
Interview Week Rules
Congregations and Institutions are not permitted to contact candidates directly prior to interview week. This includes all phone, email, and social media contacts. This allows for a level playing field for everyone.
At the request of...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources: What Do They Really Say?Presenters:...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority: Five Necessary StepsPresenters: William LebeauDial-in...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority from a Gendered Perspective
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority from a Gendered PerspectivePresenters: Susan GrossmanDial-in...
The CORE: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay Leadership
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay LeadershipPresenters: Robert Jossen and...