Resolutions 2001

WHEREAS the State of Israel is gravely concerned about Israeli soldiers who are missing and whose condition is unknown; and WHEREAS the Geneva Conference mandates that the whereabouts of soldiers missing in action be made known even to enemy...

WHEREAS the Conservative/Masorti Movement was the first religious stream to be pro-Zionist; and WHEREAS Medinat Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael have continued to be of central importance and paramount concern to the Conservative Movement; and WHEREAS the...

WHEREAS the United Nations has declared this year the International Year of the Volunteer; and WHEREAS poverty is rampant in both developing and developed countries; and WHEREAS the concept of תקון עולם and גמילות חסדים are מצוות בין אדם לחבירו in...

WHEREAS the Temple Mount and the remnants of the Temple have been sacred to the people of Israel and to the Jewish religion for centuries; and WHEREAS Moslem religious leaders have denied this historic connection of Judaism and the Jewish People to...

WHEREAS successive Governments of Israel have sincerely attempted to settle the dispute with the Palestinians through negotiations for peace; and WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly deplores and condemns the decision of the Palestinian Authority to...

WHEREAS on May 4, 2001, the 54 member Economic and Social council of the United Nations voted the United States off of the Commission on Human Rights; and WHEREAS the United States has been a leader in the fight for human rights around the world;...

WHEREAS the worldwide Conservative/Masorti Movement is represented in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel by MERCAZ Olami; and WHEREAS the participation in the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency has produced since...

WHEREAS Jewish tradition teaches that we are not to stand idly by at the suffering of other human beings; and WHEREAS the world community has witnessed a number of war crimes and human rights violations in the past century which continue to bring...

WHEREAS many pressing energy and environmental issues facing the Nation and world are overdue for action and should become priorities for the United States Administration and Congress, Canada, and all other countries; and WHEREAS energy resources...

WHEREAS Judaism believes in the equality of all human beings regardless of race, creed or any other consideration; and WHEREAS we, as Jews, believe that all Americans must have equal access to the voting process which is so central to our...