NEW YORK, NY (April 3, 2023) The Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, has long held that each person reflects and refracts G*d’s own Image (tzelem Elohim) and inheres with inestimable worth and preciousness (k’vod habriyot). These values hold regardless of gender identity, gender expression, and/or sexual orientation. The RA has affirmed these values in rendering Jewish legal decisions and resolutions. The RA’s record of inclusion now spans over decades. In keeping with this record and in response to the proliferation of anti-LGBTQ+ laws approved by state legislatures across the US, particularly in Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and So
