- About Us
About Us
Learn more about the work of the Rabbinical Assembly, the global association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, shaping and strengthening Jewish life worldwide through scholarship, leadership, and service since 1901.
- Hire a Rabbi
Hire a Rabbi
Find a rabbi to serve as a leader, educator, and guide, grounding your community in Jewish tradition and values to navigate the complexities of today’s world.
- Our Torah
Our Torah
Explore our RA bookstore, articles on Exploring Judaism, teshuvot of the Committee on Jewish Law & Standards (CJLS), our Tzedek Center, holiday guides, and more.
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.
New Teshuvah: Reading Megillat Esther Under Covid Precautions
The CJLS has passed a teshuvah (13-0-1) by Rabbi Avram Reisner regarding Purim 5781 celebrations during the ongoing pandemic. Rabbi Reisner details several acceptable Megillah reading procedures, in descending order of halakhic...
Bios: Rabbis Pamela Barmash and Elliot Dorff
Through our 2021 annual appeal, we are proud to honor Rabbi Pamela Barmash and Rabbi Elliot Dorff for their career contributions and leadership of our Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS), particularly...
2021 Annual Campaign Pledges
For a listing of those who have pledged support to the 2022 annual campaign, click here.
We are so grateful to all of those who have pledged to support our 2021 annual campaign. Please find their names below. Click here to make a...
Professional Learning Community (PLC) Descriptions
Below please find the descriptions and facilitators for each of the Professional Learning Communities that will be offered during Sacred Connections, our 2021 Rabbinical Assembly Convention. Each group is limited in number to maximize the...
What is a Professional Learning Community (PLC)?
What is a Professional Learning Community (PLC)?
Watch Now: Niggun & Nourishment - Justice & Roots
Recorded on Thursday, January 14
Featuring Rabbis Josh Warshawsky, Adam Kligfeld, Ariel Root Wolpe, Barry Dov Katz, Annie Lewis, Yosef Goldman, and Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny
Join us as members of the Rabbinical...
Convention 2021: Build Your Own Schedule!
Sacred Connections: a gathering in celebration of our connections with each other and the connections we build in...