
05/05/2022
Happy Yom Ha-atzmaut!
Check out what ExploringJudaism has to say about Israel’s 74th birthday today.
https://exploringjudaism.org/holidays/yom-haatzmaut/
Founded in 1901, the Rabbinical Assembly is the international association of Conservative rabbis. Its membership spans over 20 countries and numbers 1600 rabbis.
The Rabbinical Assembly has been the creative force shaping the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement, and is committed to building and strengthening the totality of Jewish life. The Assembly publishes learned texts, prayerbooks, and works of Jewish interest; and it administers the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards for the Conservative movement. It also ser
The Rabbinical Assembly has been the creative force shaping the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement, and is committed to building and strengthening the totality of Jewish life. The Assembly publishes learned texts, prayerbooks, and works of Jewish interest; and it administers the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards for the Conservative movement. It also ser
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Happy Yom Ha-atzmaut!
Check out what ExploringJudaism has to say about Israel’s 74th birthday today.
https://exploringjudaism.org/holidays/yom-haatzmaut/
..."“Denying individuals access to the complete spectrum of reproductive healthcare, including contraception, abortion-inducing devices, and abortions, among others, on religious grounds, deprives those who need medical care of their Constitutional right to religious freedom... " full statement at the link below.
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Denounce Leaked Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Abortion Rights
Every year between Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha'atzmaut, we at the World Zionist Organization hold a festive event of reading Megillat Ha'atzmaut at the Egalitarian Kotel.
We broadcast it live in different languages to the whole jewish world. This is our way to celebrate Israel’s independence and it strengthen our sense of Jewish peoplehood in Israel and abroad.
Megillat Ha'atzmaut at the Kotel
Every year between Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha'atzmaut, the World Zionist Organization holds a festive event of reading Megillat Ha'atzmaut with trop (cantillation) at the Egalitarian Kotel.
It is broadcast live in different languages to the entire Jewish world. This is our way of celebrating Israel’s Independence Day and strengthening our sense of Jewish peoplehood in Israel and abroad.
May 1st, 2022
18:30 Jerusalem time
Opening Remarks: Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel
For additional details and registration:
https://bit.ly/WZO-Megillah2
Catch The Jewish Theological Seminary - JTS’s Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz as she offers remarks at the White House Seder today at 5:30 PM ET. Hag Sameah!
The White House
Please join us for one of our Siyummim!
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Join us for a siyyum bekhorot from coast to coast (North America) on Friday, April 15th. Details and registration below.
Our RA joins Jewish Rohingya Justice Network in celebrating the House’s passage of the BURMA Act, an essential step toward justice for the Rohingya people, who have suffered genocide. The bill provides humanitarian aid, imposes sanctions & holds the Burmese military accountable. We urge the Senate to act.
Excited for what the next two years have in store with Harold Kravitz as our newly installed President
Rabbi Harold Kravitz talks about how the pandemic affected synagogue life, how rabbis are moving to other outlets and how a joint partnership with the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism are paving the way for the future.
Photos from Rabbinical Assembly's post
⚡UKRAINE UPDATE⚡
🇺🇦We are sharing with you the latest updates from our efforts, together with The Schechter Institutes in Ukraine. Rabbi Mauricio Balter and Tehila Reuben, together with Rabbi Reuven Stamov just returned from meeting the Ukrainian refugees in Berlin: https://conta.cc/3uF709M
💙With your support we have been working tirelessly with our partners to safely evacuate our communities and to meet their immediate needs.
💛We can continue to be there for our communities with your help.
Click here to donate via Masorti Olami: http://masortiolami.org/one-time-donation/
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Week of Terror Attacks in Israel
In response to the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Israel, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti movement rabbis, issued the following statement:
Rabbinical Assembly Condemns Week of Terror Attacks in Israel
Starting soon: Our annual campaign event and installation - please join us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaZj2e0Uq8
Please join us for our tribute to this year's annual campaign honorees, Debra Newman Kamin and Stewart Vogel, as well as the installation of our incoming pre...
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the first Bat Mitzvah, our colleague @David Golinkin writes about the history of the Bat Mitzvah ceremony. Shabbat shalom!
https://schechter.edu/the-history-of-bat-mitzvah-ceremony/
What is the origin and history of the Bat Mitzvah ceremony?
Hag Sameah! Our colleague David Golinkin shares his insights on the Ukraine War from the book of Esther.
If we want to understand the current war, I believe that we can find some enlightening parallels in the Book of Esther.
The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is engaged in the important work of revising and updating our professional Code of Conduct and Ethics Committee procedures. If you have had contact with the RA grievance process, please take a moment to complete the survey developed by Sacred Spaces.
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We are outraged by Governor Greg Abbott's flagrant attempt to punish the parents of LGBTQ+ children seeking gender-affirming medical procedures in Texas...As the international association of Conservative and Masorti rabbis, we affirm the right of kvod habriyot, human dignity, for all people
Our CEO Jacob Blumenthal is in Israel meeting with government officials, including Prime Minister נפתלי בנט - Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman - אביגדור ליברמן, Minister of Justice גדעון סער | Gideon Saar President יצחק הרצוג - Isaac Herzog, our Israeli RA colleagues, and rabbinical students at בית המדרש לרבנים ע"ש שכטר Schechter Rabbinical Seminary
Hebrew and English versions of the prayers shared by Masorti Olami at today's service for peace in Ukraine
תפילה לשלום העם באוקראינה
Watch now- prayers for Peace and Safety in Ukraine including an update from RA colleague Reuven Stamov speaking now.
Join Masorti communities around the world in prayer for the Jewish communities of Ukraine, today at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT / 8 PM Israel.
Join the zoom here: https://masortiolami-org.zoom.us/j/86871899749?pwd=QUhDQXcwSWF3SWpza1hDSXlDanNRdz09
And please consider donating to support these communities through Masorti Olami: https://masortiolami.org/one-time-donation/
In advance of the senate vote of the Women's Health Protection Act on Monday, February 28, we are sharing National Partnership for Women & Families's advocacy toolkit.
U.S. Senate Vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act: Coalition Toolkit Spanish language toolkit to come Texas’s extreme abortion ban makes clear: We need a federal law that protects the right to abortion in every state. Congress must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). Equal acces...
Check out our photo gallery of Bat Mitzvah celebrants over the decades. Share your answer or photos, too.
What memories stand out from your Bat Mitzvah?
We're just TWO DAYS away from our 2/12 concert! Join us for a night of entertainment with the artists who create music we love to pray, sing & hum. Last chance to buy tickets: http://bit.ly/3IkTo99.
Check out our photo gallery of Bat Mitzvah celebrants over the decades. Share your answer or photos, too.
Since 2017, the Chinese government has perpetrated countless atrocities against the Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang in order to forcibly assimilate the Uyghurs into the culture of the ethnic Han Chinese majority. These crimes include surveillance, infringement of Uyghur religious freedom, forced sterilization, and internment in forced labor camps. As the world celebrates the Beijing Olympics, we cannot ignore the peril inflicted on the Uyghurs by the Chinese government. Join the RAC and Uyghur American Association at www.rac.org/uyghur.
We're just days away from our February 12 concert! Join us for a night of entertainment with the artists who create music we love to pray, sing & hum. http://bit.ly/3IkTo99
חברינו וחברותינו ב התנועה הרפורמית. אנחנו לצידכם.ן.
אמש בתכנית המילה האחרונה בגלצ נחצו קווים אדומים. מגישי התוכנית קובי אריאלי ועירית לינור התשלחו בצורה חסרת תקדים ביהדות הרפורמית. "לכו לארה"ב, תקימו לכם שם כותל... מקומכם לא כאן". "אתם לא שייכים. רק מקלקלים... כמו ש'לב טהור' לא מתאימה כמעט לכל מקום העולם גם הרפורמים לא מתאימים לפה." הגדילה ואמרה לינור.
היום שלחנו לשר הביטחון בני גנץ - Benny Gantz ומפקדת גלי צהל, גלית אלטשטיין מכתב יחד עם שותפות ושותפים מעולם ההתחדשות היהודית בישראל כולה בקריאה חד משמעית לקבלת התנצלות רשמית מהמגישים.
רקפת גינסברג, מנכ"לית התנועה המסורתית: עירית לינור הרבתה לדבר על דמוקרטיה במשטמה אותה שטחה אמש בפני מאזיני גל"צ. דמוקרטיה, עירית, היא גם ההבנה שלא כולם חושבים כמוך. וזה בסדר. ממש בסדר.
חבל שאישה כה רהוטה ומוכשרת בוחרת לזהם את השיח הציבורי באירוע שנאה רדיופוני שכזה.
כנסת הרבנים בישראל // בית המדרש לרבנים ע"ש שכטר Schechter Rabbinical Seminary // ישראל חופשית // נשות הכותל // תמורה - יהדות חילונית הומניסטית// בית תפילה ישראלי - Beit Tefilah Israeli // קרן תל''י - TALI Education Fund// ארגון קולות - Kolot Beit Midrash // מכון שיטים // בינ"ה - התנועה ליהדות חברתית // הישיבה החילונית בירושלים // מיתרים רשת לחינוך יהודי משלב ולקהילות המעורבות בישראל - Meitarim // בית מדרש אלול Beit Midrash Elul // פנים - איגוד ארגוני יהדות ישראלית
What do you remember about your Bat Mitzvah Torah or Haftarah portion?
Our CEO Jacob Blumenthal wrote about leadership in connection to Parashat Terumah in this week's The Jewish Theological Seminary - JTS's Parashah Commentary.
As a leader in the Conservative-Masorti Movement, I see my own ambivalence around the use of technology on Shabbat and to form minyanim shared among many communities, clergy, and synagogue leaders. How should we position ourselves? Should the new opportunities provided by these technologies lead the...
We can’t wait for 2/12/2022! Join us for a night of entertainment with the artists who create music we love to pray, sing & hum. Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/3IkTo99.
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With the 2020 elections less than 50 days away in the United States, Rabbi David Baum of the Rabbinical Assembly's Social Justice Commission shares details about our non-partisan voting materials. You may access them on our website here: rabbinicalassembly.org/tzedek/civic-engagement
On June 20, right between the primaries and the conventions, we rise together. Join us at June2020.org! The Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! WATCH the broadcasts on the #PoorPeoplesCampaign FB page: FB.com/anewppc & June 20 website: june2020.org The event will be rebroadcast on June 20th & 21st, at 6PM ET. The increasing urgency of a broad movement led by the poor and most impacted is more apparent every day. Now is the time to organize towards collective action to enact a moral agenda that lifts all people by challenging the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, militarism, ecological devastation, and the distorted moral narrative that ties it all together. The fact that there are 140 million poor and low-income people in the richest country in the history of the world is morally indefensible, constitutionally inconsistent, and economically disastrous. ***************** The broadcast on June 20th and June 21st will be interpreted into Spanish and ASL (American Sign Language) and will be open captioned in English. ASL interpretation will be visible on-screen for the Digital Mass Assembly and March on all digital & TV network platforms. A second ASL Interpreter only-view live-stream will be available in the Deaf Poor People’s Campaign Facebook group and page showing a larger view of the ASL interpretation. Open Captioning in English will be available on a
On June 20, right between the primaries and the conventions, we rise together. Join us at June2020.org! The Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! WATCH the broadcasts on the #PoorPeoplesCampaign FB page: FB.com/anewppc & June 20 website: june2020.org The event will be rebroadcast on June 20th & 21st, at 6PM ET. The increasing urgency of a broad movement led by the poor and most impacted is more apparent every day. Now is the time to organize towards collective action to enact a moral agenda that lifts all people by challenging the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, militarism, ecological devastation, and the distorted moral narrative that ties it all together. The fact that there are 140 million poor and low-income people in the richest country in the history of the world is morally indefensible, constitutionally inconsistent, and economically disastrous. ***************** The broadcast on June 20th and June 21st will be interpreted into Spanish and ASL (American Sign Language) and will be open captioned in English. ASL interpretation will be visible on-screen for the Digital Mass Assembly and March on all digital & TV network platforms. A second ASL Interpreter only-view live-stream will be available in the Deaf Poor People’s Campaign Facebook group and page showing a larger view of the ASL interpretation. Open Captioning in English will be available on a
Missed last week's webinar on antisemitism with Eric Ward? Watch our recording now! Eric Ward is the Executive Director of the Western States Center, which works on inclusive democracy, the rise of white nationalism, and its relationship to antisemitism and other dangerous ideologies.
Missed today's webinar on hate on the Internet with Ambassador Marc Ginsberg? Watch our recording now! Ambassador Ginsberg, former Ambassador to Morocco, is President, Coalition for a Safer Web.
Missed this week's webinar on antisemitism on the left and right with Dr. Deborah Lipstadt? Watch our recording now! Dr. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Her most recent book is "Antisemitism Here and Now."
This Veteran’s Day, Rabbi Melinda Zalma, Commander in the Reserve Component of the U.S. Navy and Program Director of the Center for Community Leadership at JCRC-NY, visited us to speak about her years serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and the importance of rabbis who serve as military chaplains.
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