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To celebrate the publication of Mahzor Lev Shalem, we created a beautifully designed bookmark with a High Holy Day greeting and a Hasidic story, taken from Mahzor Lev Shalem. As our gift to you and your gift to your congregants, we invite you...

By Joshua Ratner, RA Public Policy Fellow

Recent Congressional proposals for reducing our national debt have called for Medicaid to be converted into a block grant program. Through resolutions and advocacy efforts, the RA historically...

Protecting the Medicaid Program and Strengthening our Social Justice Compass

By Rabbi Jack Moline, Agudas Achim Congregation

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Early in the morning service you can find the blessing that a...

The Jewish Council For Public Affairs (“JCPA”), in collaboration with the Jewish Federations of North America (“JFNA”), has compiled a list of activities that you can do to influence the current legislative debate over Medicaid block...

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By Joshua Ratner, RA Public Policy Fellow

Halakha Calls Upon Us to Provide Access to Health Care

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor...

We in the Conservative movement are delighted that the principles of Magen Tzedek have permeated the consciousness of the American Jewish community. Magen Tzedek, which is not a hekhsher or kashrut certification, instead reflects the highest...

Recently, Rabbi Gilah Dror was a participant on the panel: "Conversion: Who Keeps the Gate for the Jewish Nation?" chaired by journalist Shmuel Rosner at the President's Conference in Jerusalem.

Read her remarks.

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The inestimable value of human life is a cardinal principle of Jewish Law. This value is expressed through the religious obligation for self-preservation, as well as the duty to save the life of one's fellow human being, if he or she is in mortal...

I am starting in a new pulpit on July 1st, and Eit Ratzon was very helpful. Rabbis Schoenberg and Lebeau emphasized the importance of building relationships and gave specific ways to do so. Among the techniques discussed were understanding...