Rabbinical Assembly - Publications

Publications

The RA has also published prayer books for Shabbat and weekdays, most recently Siddur Sim Shalom and Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom by Reuven Hammer.

It has also published prayer books for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, most recently Mahzor Lev Shalem. The RA has also published liturgical texts for other days on the Jewish calendar, such as Megillat Hashoah: The Holocaust Scroll for Yom Ha-shoah and Siddur Tishah B’Av for the fast day of Tishah B’Av.

In cooperation with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Publication Society, the RA published the Etz Hayim Humash, a Torah commentary for synagogue use.

In cooperation with the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the RA also publishes a scholarly quarterly journal, Conservative Judaism, which is edited by Martin Samuel Cohen.

Under its Aviv Press imprint, the RA publishes books on Jewish spirituality and contemporary Jewish practice written by its members. The earliest publications by Aviv Press were:

• a Torah commentary by Ismar Schorsch
• meditations on the Jewish year by Jonathan Wittenberg
• meditations on the psalms by Martin Samuel Cohen
• a volume describing different approaches to Jewish law edited by Elliot Dorff
• an introduction to Judaism as a compassionate, mindful practice by Jonathan P. Slater
• an introduction to Musar as a spiritual path by Ira F. Stone

Most recently, Aviv Press has turned its attention to producing a new guide to Jewish law, The Observant Life: A Guide to Ritual and Ethics for Conservative Jews, edited by Martin Samuel Cohen and Michael Katz