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	Rabbinical Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative Rabbis, with some 1400 members.
		Rabbinical graduates from JTS, the University of Judaism (California) and The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem, Israel) are automatically members of the RA; Rabbis whose ordination is from other seminaries and Yeshivas are also welcome to apply.
		The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) is the movement's central body on interpreting Jewish law and custom; it was founded by the Rabbinical Assembly in the 1920s.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabbinical_Assembly (310 words)

	Rabbinical Assembly Definition / Rabbinical Assembly Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rabbinical Assembly is the international association of Conservative rabbis.
		Rabbinical Assembly is committed to the ideal that ‘Rabbi’ is a gender-free designation,” the policy memo said.
		Rabbinical Assembly is the Conservative movement's rabbinical arm.
	www.elresearch.com /Rabbinical_Assembly (204 words)

	Rabbinical Assembly -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Originally set up as the alumni association of the (Click link for more info and facts about Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) Conservative Rabbis, with some 1400 members.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Committee on Jewish Law and Standards) Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) is the movement's central body on interpreting (Click link for more info and facts about Jewish law and custom) Jewish law and custom; it was founded by the Rabbinical Assembly in the 1920s.
		When more than one position is validated, each congregational (Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law) Rabbi functions as the mara de-atra (lit.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ra/Rabbinical_Assembly.htm (443 words)

	JWA Presents "This Week in History" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis, voted to admit women on February 14, 1985, three women immediately joined the organization.
		The Rabbinical Assembly, founded in 1901 as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary, decides issues of Jewish law and practice for the Conservative movement, publishes prayerbooks and books of Jewish interest, and is active in placing rabbis in congregations.
		JTS began admitting women to the rabbinate in 1983, but the Rabbinical Assembly did not immediately admit female graduates to membership.
	www.jwa.org /this_week/week07.html (2084 words)

	GoVeg.com // Agriprocessors // Rabbinical Assembly Backs PETA
		The Iowa secretary of agriculture, chief rabbinate in Israel, and the Orthodox Union weigh in on AgriProcessors.
		The Rabbinical Assembly applauds the Orthodox Union (OU) for its quick response to the video and its allegations.
		In keeping with our CJLS teshuvah of 2000, we urge all those involved in shehitah to invest in and install those technologies that assure that the animal's life is terminated speedily and with the humanity that Jewish law demands.
	www.goveg.com /feat/agriprocessors/news-RabbiAssembly.asp (578 words)

	Rabbinical Assembly of Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rabbinical Assembly of Israel ("Knesset ha-Rabbanim b'Yisrael"), numbering some 150 rabbis, is the organization of Masorti rabbis living and working in Israel.
		It is part of the international Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Rabbis worldwide.
		For further information, please contact Rabbi Andrew Sacks, Director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel.
	www.masorti.org.il /mason/about/rabbinical.html (112 words)

	Death Penalty Religious: The Rabbinical Assembly
		Therefore, be it resolved that The Rabbinical Assembly oppose the adoption of death penalty laws and urge their abolition in states that have already adopted them;
		That the Rabbinical Assembly urge the enactment of laws that mandate that some capital crimes be punishable by life imprisonment without parole;
		That the Rabbinical Assembly encourage its members to send this resolution to their appropriate elected officials.
	www.deathpenaltyreligious.org /education/statements/rabbinicalassembly.html (173 words)

	Term paper on Rabbinical Assembly
		There is a separate article which has details on Conservative responsa.
		:The Rabbinical Assembly :Jewish Theological Seminary :3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 The RA publishes books, prayer books, and the quarterly journal "Conservative Judaism".
		RA members converse online via Ravnet and in person at the RA conventions.
	www.termpapertopic.org /ra/rabbinical-assembly.html (325 words)

	The Jewish Week : Sex, Conservatively Speaking: Rabbinical Assembly mixed on granting @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That was the issue confronting a convention of the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly here this week as it pondered a proposal suggesting that the Conservative movement impart a "measure of holiness" to nonmarital sexual relationships between mature adults if they otherwise follow Jewish ethical conduct.
		It was contained in a two-year study by the Commission on Human Sexuality of the R.A., which represents 1,500 Conservative rabbis in the United States and Canada.
		The study is believed to be the first time a rabbinic body has tackled in such depth the issue of sexuality.
	static.highbeam.com /t/thejewishweek/may121994/sexconservativelyspeakingrabbinicalassemblymixedon/index.html (215 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly Pesah Guide
		This guide was prepared for the Rabbinical Assembly Committee on Jewish Law and Standards by Rabbi Mayer Rabinowitz.
		Kosher le-Pesah labels that do not bear the name of a rabbi or one of the recognized symbols of rabbinic supervision, or which are not integral to the package, should not be used without consulting your rabbi.
		Prohibited foods include the following: leavened bread, cakes, biscuits, crackers, cereal, coffees containing cereal derivatives, wheat, barley, oats, spelt, rye, and all liquids containing ingredients or flavors made from grain alcohol.
	www.econetwork.net /%7Enetivot/ritualscustoms/pesahguide.htm (1171 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		~The Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Jules Harlow, Morris Silvermann
		The American-Jewish community: Trends, potentials, leadership, and organization; three addresses delivered before conventions of Rabbinical Assembly of...
		This is my beloved, this is my friend: A rabbinic letter on intimate relations (A paper of the Commission on Human Sexuality, the Rabbinical Assembly)
	civilizednation.com /webstore/us/books/author/The+Rabbinical+Assembly.htm (214 words)

	ABC News: Rabbi Ismar Schorsch to Retire in 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Schorsch took over leadership of the seminary a year after the movement ordained its first female rabbi, and dealt for years with the delicate issue of the role of women as religious leaders.
		He also was at the helm in 1992 when the movement's Rabbinical Assembly voted not to ordain homosexuals and to declare that rabbis should not perform same-sex marriages.
		Those, and other issues, have kept the movement in a constant tug between Reform Judaism and those who favor a return to a more traditional observance of Jewish law.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=858423 (301 words)

	Contemporary Halakhah
		The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards sets halakhic policy for Rabbinical Assembly rabbis and for the Conservative movement as a whole.
		The Committee discusses all questions of Jewish law that are posed by members of the Rabbinical Assembly or arms of the Conservative movement.
		When a question is placed on the agenda, inidividual members of the Committee will write teshuvot (responsa) which are discussed by the relevant subcommittees, and are then heard by the Committee, usually at two separate meetings.
	www.rabbinicalassembly.org /law/contemporary_halakhah.html (303 words)

	Conservative Jews confront dwindling numbers - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - March 12, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The branch of American Judaism that occupies the middle ground between those who buck tradition and those who fully embrace it confronted the dwindling appeal of the movement in a meeting this week in Houston.
		Members of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly, at their annual convention, said their seminaries and day schools have been educating more and more Jews, only to see them flee to other Jewish movements.
		Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the leading Conservative school, said the exodus of young Conservative Jews with strong religious educations is a key reason the movement is floundering.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20050311-103502-9361r.htm (523 words)

	The CCAR and The Rabbinical Assembly Recognize Bonds between the Jewish and Catholic Communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The CCAR and The Rabbinical Assembly Recognize Bonds between the Jewish and Catholic Communities
		The Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform) and The Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative), representing 3,000 rabbis, wish to recognize and acknowledge the growing bonds between the Jewish and Catholic communities.
		In this context, we welcome and applaud Pope John Paul II's historic liturgy of forgiveness, presented to the global community of Catholics this past Sunday.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/research/cjl/Documents/ccar.htm (236 words)

	Online and Local Price Comparison: Spot Cost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs - The Rabbinical Assembly, New York
		Simcha Kling - The Rabbinical Assembly - New York
		Kenneth S Goldrich - United Synagogue as a Joint Project of the United Synagogue and the Rabbinical Assembly
	www.spotcost.com /publisher/rabbinical-assembly (155 words)

	Textbooks from The Rabbinical Assembly Publishing - Direct Textbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs - The Rabbinical Assembly, New York - 0881254851
		Simcha Kling - The Rabbinical Assembly - New York - 0916219038
		Kenneth S Goldrich - United Synagogue as a Joint Project of the United Synagogue and the Rabbinical Assembly - B0006QO7ZC
	www.directtextbook.com /publisher/the-rabbinical-assembly (225 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly - Reviewscout.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Assembly Handbook 1999: The Essential Guide to the National Assembly for Wales
		The Assembly of the Lord: Politics and Religion in the Westminster Assembly and the 'Grand Debate'
		The Assembly of the Lord - Politics and Religion in the Westminster Assembly and the 'Grand Debate'
	www.reviewscout.co.uk /The-Rabbinical-Assembly (186 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly - Reviewscout.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Texts Adopted by the Assembly: Opinion No. 164, Recommendations 1190 to 1197, Resolutions 986 to 991, Order Nos.
		Assembly Language Magic: Programming for the 8088-80386 (Scott, Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series)
		Farming Crisis Consolidates Assembly's Role: Monitoring the National Assembly March to May 2001 (Monitoring the National Assembly S.)
	www.reviewscout.co.uk /The-Rabbinical-Assembly/3 (191 words)

	PRESIDENT OF THE RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY, ALMOST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The word is out: Come February 12, 2004, I will become president of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA).
		I have hesitated to write about this until now for a couple of reasons.
		In working in behalf of the surviving remnants around the world, our congregation, Midway, becomes a very special institution in the annals of world Jewry and Jewish history.
	www.mjc.org /Rabbis%20Message/January,%202004--President%20of%20the%20Rabbinical%20Assembly,%20Almost.htm (723 words)

	Books By The Rabbinical Assembly - Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Authors: David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, The Rabbinical Assembly
		Authors: the Ravvinical Assembly of America, Joint Prayer Book Commission of the Rabbinical Assembly of America and the United Synagogue of America, Robert Gordis
		Authors: The Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Jules Harlow, Morris Silvermann
	store.rbftpnetworks.com /author_The+Rabbinical+Assembly (209 words)

	Temple Beth Sholom - Discover the Treasures of Jewish Living
		When he retired in 1992, four years after TBS relocated to Cherry Hill, his congregation numbered 1000 families.
		During his 44 year tenure at Temple Beth Sholom, Rabbi Lewis served as vice president of the World Council of Synagogues and president of the International Rabbinical Assembly.
		He led the first USY pilgrimage to Israel in 1956.
	www.tbsonline.org /ourrabbis_lewis.asp (232 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly: Statement on Intermarriage
		Ideally, we would like to reach all mixed families and convince them to lead meaningful Jewish lives, but research shows this outcome is highly unlikely in many, if not most, cases.
		Therefore, we reaffirm the following standards as set forth by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of The Rabbinical Assembly:
		Rabbis and cantors affiliated with the Conservative Movement may not officiate at the marriage of a Jew to a non-Jew, may not coofficiate with any other clergy, and may not officiate or be present at a purely civil ceremony.
	www.mishkantefila.com /Intermarriage.html (1522 words)

	Ambassador Kurtzer - International Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly
		Ambassador Kurtzer - International Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly
		At the International Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly
		Thank you once again for the opportunity to meet with you.
	www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/mission/amb/020904.html (5145 words)

	The Virtual Bet Midrash of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Virtual Bet Midrash is a place on the Internet where you can find shiurim (lessons) on various topics in Judaism in the religious ambience of committed Conservative Judaism.
		The shiurim are prepared by members of the Rabbinical Assembly and are imbued with the teachings of Conservative Judaism.
		Planned developments of the Virtual Bet Midrash include Shiurim in other languages and Chat Rooms for Chavruta Study for those who are interested.
	www.masorti.org.il /mason/have/bet_midrash.html (175 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com CEO Paul Roitman Bardack to Share Lessons of Internet Success with Rabbinical Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ROCKVILLE, Md., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Roitman Bardack, CEO of the successful Jewish Internet learning resource, MyJewishLearning.com, will be a featured speaker at the Rabbinical Assembly Convention.
		The annual gathering of the leading international association of Conservative rabbis is taking place through March 10 in Houston, Texas.
		I am delighted that Paul will be sharing his methods and practices with the Rabbinical Assembly in Houston."
	www.forrelease.com /D20050308/nytu029.P2.03082005075305.22970.html (381 words)

	Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America Volume XV - Weine, Rabbi Max
		Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America Volume XV - Weine, Rabbi Max
		Title: Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America Volume XV Binding: Soft Cover
		Covers show light edge/shelf wear, previous owners name to upper front edge, internals clean and tight.
	www.cindyabrahambooks.com /si/007058.html (67 words)

	Seymour Siegel Theologian and Teacher
		Let us not forsake the moral and intellectual values created within Jewish life.
		Seymour Siegel, "The Meaning of Jewish Law in Conservative Judaism: An Overview and Summary," in Seymour Siegel, ed., Conservative Judaism and Jewish Law (New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1977), pp.
		Seymour Siegel, "Theological Reflections on the Destruction of European Jewry," in Seymour Siegel and Elliot Gertel, eds., God in the Teachings of Conservative Judaism (New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1985), pp.
	www.adath-shalom.ca /siegel.htm (3240 words)

	The Rabbinical Assembly - Hotel Resource Book Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rabbinical Assembly - Hotel Resource Book Store
		Store Home / Books / The Rabbinical Assembly
		This is the first new rabbinical manual for Conservative Judaism in a generation.
	www.hotelresource.com /bookstore/authorsearch_The%20Rabbinical%20Assembly/mode_books.html (240 words)

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