The leaderships of the Orthodox Union (the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization) and the Rabbinical Council of America (the leading Orthodox rabbinic organization in North America) issued the following statement today in response to the speech delivered by Secretary of State Kerry on December 28, 2016: “Yesterday, in his address on the topic of Continue Reading »
The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading organization of orthodox rabbis in North America, denounces the most recent United Nations Security Council Resolution which defines as illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The RCA further condemns the tragic failure of the United States to veto the resolution. Rabbi Shalom Baum, president of Continue Reading »
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and the Orthodox Union (OU) voice their disappointment in passage of the resolution by the United Nations General Assembly upgrading the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state. The RCA and OU view this unilateral move by the Palestinian Authority as damaging to the peace process and a violation Continue Reading »
Calls for Council to be Reoganized or Supplanted to Protect World’s Oppressed May 1, 2007 — Whereas our Torah teaches us that all humans were created in the image of God, and thus have a divine right to live free of abuse and oppression; and, Whereas our tradition teaches us that we must strive to Continue Reading »