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Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal Takes Helm as Joint CEO of USCJ, RA
Deepened Partnership Marks New Era for Conservative/Masorti Movement
July 1, 2020 (New York City, NY) – Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, currently Chief Executive of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), today begins...
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Praise Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Restrictive Louisiana Abortion Law
New York, NY – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly today to nullify a Louisiana abortion law that dramatically decreased abortion accessibility by mandating that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The...
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Respond to Supreme Court Decision to Uphold DACA
New York, NY – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and rejected the Trump administration's plan to deport as many as 800,000 Dreamers living peacefully in the United States. In...
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Respond to the Murder of George Floyd, Pattern of Racism, Police Brutality Against Black Americans
New York – In 2016, in response to incidents of police brutality against black people in Ferguson (Missouri), Baltimore and other cities in the United States, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis,...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on the Right to Vote by Absentee Ballot
In its March 2019 Resolution on Voting Rights in the United States of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, called on state legislatures to remove unnecessary and restrictive barriers to...
Letter Pledging Jewish Movements' Unity in the Fight Against Slavery
To whom it may concern:
We the undersigned, presidents of international organizations of rabbis, representing different viewpoints, constituencies, and movements, are writing to advocate for a cause that unites all Jews. In times...
Conservative/Masorti Movement on Hanukkah Stabbings, Deadly Attacks in New York Area
The Conservative/Masorti Movement is outraged by the rash of antisemitic assaults against identifiably Orthodox Jews this past week in the New York City area, most recently the attack last night on the Monsey home of Rabbi Chaim...
Conservative Movement on Deadly Attack in Jersey City, Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
New York, NY – On December 10, 2019, two domestic terrorists murdered a police detective and opened fire on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, killing three civilians and wounding several others. This incident follows...
U.S. Jewish Movements: President Trump Must Fire Stephen Miller
White supremacy has no place in the White House
As entities who represent a broad diversity of American Jewish life, we share a deep concern about White House advisor Stephen Miller’s support for white supremacist ideology and the...
The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Yom Kippur Attack in Halle, Germany
NEW YORK – In response to the deadly terrorist attack in which a gunman murdered two people outside a synagogue on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany, the Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism issued the following statement:
"We...