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RA Affirms Health Care as a Jewish Moral Imperative & Applauds Supreme Court Decision
NEW YORK – The Supreme Court today decided to uphold the Affordable Care Act. On behalf of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international umbrella organization for Conservative rabbis, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the RA’s executive vice president, and...
Incitement by Chief Rabbi Amar
The Rabbinical Assembly is outraged by a letter issued on official Israeli government stationery by Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, calling for a rally at his office this coming Tuesday. The language used in the statement is...
President Obama Meets with Leaders of the Conservative Movement
Washington, DC -- President Obama met yesterday with a group of Conservative rabbis and Conservative Movement leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House (See list of attendees below).
The wide-ranging discussion included a focus on...
Recognition of Non-Orthodox Rabbis is a Partial -- But Hopeful -- Victory
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in Haaretz
The decision by the Attorney General to recognize Masorti and Reform rabbis as community leaders and fund their salaries under certain limited circumstances could be an inflection...
JTS Launches New Continuing Education Initiative for Rabbis at 2012 RA Convention
This year at the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) Convention, The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) will offer a groundbreaking continuing rabbinic education track. It will be open to 40 Convention registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. The...
Statement on the Negative Atmosphere in Israel
English | עברית
By Mauricio Balter, president of the Masorti Movement
In recent weeks we witnessed radicalization in the name of religion perpetrated by Jews whose actions desecrate God’s name. The religious extremism and...
Statement on the Recent Violent Attacks by Israeli Jewish Extremists
The Rabbinical Assembly reacts with horror at the increasing and wanton violence carried out by extremist Israeli Jews last week. Their attacks on the IDF last Tuesday at an army base in the West Bank, and the torching of a mosque in Jerusalem on...
Julie Schonfeld Receives JWI’s 2011 Women to Watch Award
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Julie Schonfeld and Susan Turnbull, JWI Board of Trustees Chair (Photo: Michael Kress)
Washington, DC – Jewish Women International (JWI) honored Rabbi Julie Schonfeld yesterday with its 2011 Women to Watch award. Rabbi...
Statement on the Release of Gilad Shalit
The Rabbinical Assembly expresses its gratitude and support to the government of Israel in its tireless efforts to bring about the release of Sergeant Gilad Shalit. After over five long, tortuous years in captivity, during which Hamas has...
Statement on Diversity for the Conservative Movement
The following statement was endorsed by the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism (LCCJ). It is the first step in an initiative by the RA to address concerns regarding challenges of diversity in rabbinic workplaces. It was written by a...