Press Releases

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—expresses outrage over the overt and vile antisemitic riot that occurred on November 20, 2023, at Hillcrest High School in Queens, New York. According to education officials, an investigation is underway at the school, where an undetermined number of students have been suspended after storming the hallways to target a Jewish teacher who had attended a pro-Israel rally. As reported, an estimated 400 teens at Hillcrest High School flooded the Hillcrest corridors on November 20th to protest the staffer, who shared a photo of herself online at a demonstration off school premises, according to viral social media videos. The disturbance forced a lockdown, while the teacher was forced to hide in an office. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—calls on university leadership across the United States to take affirmative measures in combating campus antisemitism. This call for emergency and immediate intervention comes on the heels of a recent and troubling increase of antisemitism on college campuses across the country. On October 30, 2023, Cornell University Hillel in Ithaca, New York, advised Jewish students to stay away from a building housing a kosher dining hall, after death threats and antisemitic slurs were posted to an online student forum. The incident comes days after anti-Israel graffiti was discovered on campus and amid an alarming uptick in antisemitic attacks on American campuses that are fueled by the Israel-Hamas war. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—praises the United States House of Representatives for overwhelmingly voting in favor of its October 25, 2023, resolution declaring solidarity with Israel and pledging to give its government whatever security assistance it needs to fight and win its war against the evil of Hamas terror. The congressional vote was passed by a wide margin, 412 to 10, with only nine Democrats and one Republican opposing the resolution. The vote reflects the sweeping, bipartisan support that lawmakers have voiced for Israel in support of the country’s efforts to eliminate Hamas and its barbaric terrorism from the Gaza Strip. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—joins America in mourning the 18 people killed and 13 injured by a gunman at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. The shooting suspect is still at-large and is considered armed and dangerous. Frightened residents within 50 miles of the attack remained locked in their homes on Thursday under a shelter-in-place advisory. [...Click headline above for more...] 

October 16, 2023

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—praises President Joseph Biden’s bold, unprecedented support for the Jewish people and for Israel. On behalf of our membership and the Jewish community, RAA/Igud expresses our deep and heartfelt appreciation for the unequivocal and unwavering moral, material, and military support that President Biden and his Administration have shown for the Jewish people and the State of Israel since the barbaric attacks by murderous terrorists from Hamas on Saturday, October 7, 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Simchas Torah. This unprecedented, unwarranted, and heinous large-scale surprise attack against the Jewish people and Israel saw more than 1,400 civilians brutally attacked and murdered, and over 150 men, women, and children – including babies – taken hostage. With blatant disregard for even basic human decency, terrorists personifying Evil turned one of the most joyous holidays of the year into the bloodiest day in the history of the State of Israel and the worst day in Jewish history since the end of the Holocaust. With the horrific, frightening, and revolting images and stories emerging from Israel, this act of terrorism touches everyone on a deep and personal level. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America—Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis—stands with Israel as it engages in Operation Swords of Iron and mourns the loss of life and prays for the wounded and captured. On Saturday, October 7, 2023, the holiday of Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah in Israel, Hamas launched an unprecedented large-scale surprise attack against Israel, brutally attacking and murdering hundreds of civilians. The fates of over a hundred hostages that Hamas says it captured lie in the balance. Tragically, terrorists turned this holiday into the bloodiest day in the history of the State of Israel. With the horrific images emerging from Israel, this terrorism touches everyone on a personal level. [...Click headline above for more...] 

Convocation Resolutions
Chai Elul 5783 – September 4, 2023

#1) RESPECTING THE AUTONOMY OF YESHIVA EDUCATION

“Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets. (Psalms 105:15) “Anointed Ones” these are the children studying the Torah at School (Talmud Shabbat 119:2) [...Click headline above for more...]