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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
Mentor Training Workshop
Thursday, September 5th; 12:30 - 2:00 pm ET / 9:30 - 11:00 am PT / 7:30 - 9:00 pm Israel Time
If you serve as a mentor in one of our programs (Ometz Mentoring, Vaad HaKavod) or through the rabbinical schools, you are invited to a special session...
The Boy on the Door on the Ox: An Unusual Spiritual Journey Through the Strangest Jewish Texts
Martin S. Cohen
ISBN: 978-0-916219-40-6
Pages: 314
The ancient Jewish text of the Mishnah is not often thought of as a source for spiritual guidance, but in this groundbreaking work, Rabbi Martin Cohen uses the sketchy...
Building Our Movement Together 2023 Convening
Shabbaton - December 1-2, 2023
Convening - December 3-5, 2023
at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Be in the room where it happens.
The Conservative/Masorti...
Eit Ratzon 2024
Join us for our professional development trainings this July and August! Sessions are open to all RA members (free) and any non-RA rabbi serving a USCJ congregation ($36/session):
First 100 Days
Wednesday, July...
Constituting a Minyan by Means of Virtual Technology
Two papers have been adopted by the Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee for Jewish Law and Standards addressing the possibility of constituting a minyan over virtual technology. The first paper is by Rabbi Joshua Heller, who by arguing for a...
Masorti Journal
In 2023, Masorti: The New Journal of Conservative Judaism was launched to revive Conservative...
