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Resolution on Containing the Threat from Iran
BACKGROUND
The Rabbinical Assembly is already on record stressing the need for the United Nations and individual countries to act to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability.
Recently, the United States issued a National...
Resolutions
Each year, the Rabbinical Assembly passes a number of resolutions addressing pressing issues affecting the countries and regions in which we live, the State of Israel, and the future of our shared world. By adopting these resolutions, our RA...
Kavannah for Today's Moment of Silence
In preparation for the moment of silence called by President Obama, our colleague Jeremy Kalmanofsky of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York has written the kavannah below.
We pray for the recovery of Representative Gabrielle Giffords...
Moment of Silence for Victims of Shooting in Tucson, Arizona
Saturday's shooting in Tuscon, AZ was a tragedy. May we soon know the day when all Americans and all the world are free from senseless violence. Below please find a note from the White House calling for a moment of silence to honor the innocent...
Simhat Bat/Brit Milah
Brit Milah, the ritual circumcision of Jewish baby boys on the eighth day after birth, is one of the most sacred traditions of Jewish life. We have made available a PDF resource from our rabbi's manual on Brit Milah.
Simhat Bat, a ceremony...
Mission Statement
The Rabbinical Assembly, first established in 1901 by graduates of the rabbinical school of the Jewish Theological Seminary, is the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis. Today its ranks include rabbis ordained at the...
Hodesh Tov - Sh'vat
"Rabbis and Guerilla Girls"
by Rabbi Gail Labovitz, Associate Professor of Rabbinics, Chair, Department of Rabbinics, American Jewish...
Hodesh Tov - Tevet
"Conversion Annulments and the Current Policy of Israel’s Batei Din: A Halakhic Refutation"
by Rabbi Diana Villa, lecturer in Jewish Law and Talmud at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary and a Senior Researcher at the Center for...