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Sanctity of Concentration Camps Year (1996) Fifty years after the end of World War II and the full realization of the horror of the Nazi war machine and the concentration camps, we are still coming to grips with many unresolved issues. Among them is how to commemorate, how to absorb the atrocities of that period. Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, recognizing that millions of people of diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds were murdered …

Fifty-eight years after its founding, the Knesset (parliament) of the State of Israel will try to complete the job of drafting a constitution. One of the most difficult aspects of this will be dealing with many issues related to Israel’s future identity as a state that is both Jewish and democratic. In the draft constitution, religious parties objected to the failure to entrench the Orthodox rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage, divorce and burial of…

“Let the buyer beware” remains a necessary maxim in our highly complex national market place of goods and services. Product safety controls are virtually non-existent, in a nation in which, annually, an estimated twenty million are injured, thirty thousand killed, and one hundred and ten thousand permanently disabled by products in or around homes and schools. The absence of uniform standards of quality in many industries (automobile tires, for e…

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism is deeply concerned with the increasing rate of crime and its threat to the physical, economic and psychological security of residents in all sections of our nation. We are mindful that often, in fear, those legitimately concerned about rising criminality will respond to it by urging circumvention of guarantees of due process or other curtailment of civil liberties. Judaism teaches us that every individual …

Criminal Justice Reform Act of 1975 (S-1) Women’s League for Conservative Judaism favors the codification of Federal Criminal Laws, but is opposed to the additional provisions of S-1 which would extend the power of the Federal government over individuals and significantly decrease the freedom of individual Americans. We therefore oppose the enactment of S-1, and urge the Congress to enact separate bills which can be debated on their own merits an…

Cybertechnology can be the means for hate groups to preach to the unconverted, to recruit new members and to reach a vast audience. Extremists can work anonymously and have world-wide impact. While it is difficult to make a definitive connection between hate sites and violent acts, we know that these sites can contribute to an atmosphere of antagonism, bigotry and divisiveness. There is a tension between combating anti-Semitism, hate speech, hate…

Rights of the Disabled (1990) Women’s League for Conservative Judaism has a long history of commitment to providing services for the disabled, from Sisterhood brailing, recording and large type printing to national sponsorship of films, libraries and financial support. Women’s League for Conservative Judaism promotes the right of the disabled to participate more fully in the social, economic and educational life of our society and to have the opp…

Disarmament (1960) “We are convinced it is our duty to establish a new world in which people are able to live together with nuclear weapons totally abolished and all war renounced.” We urge the United States to continue its determined efforts to achieve agreement on the limitation and control of conventional and nuclear armaments. Disarmament (1952) “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore.” — Isaiah 2:…

Domestic Violence (Amended) (1996) Abusive behavior is not a new phenomenon. It has existed throughout the ages and is documented in biblical texts and the Shulkhan Arukh. No one is immune from domestic violence, including the Jewish community. It cuts across all economic, educational, racial and religious liens. It affects the lives of children and adults, wives and husbands, infants and the elderly. The Jewish tradition of shalom bayit (peace i…

Driving Under the Influence of Mind-Altering Drugs (1984) The widespread abuse of mind-altering drugs, which cuts across social, religious and economic lines, is contributing to the high incidence of motor vehicle accidents. Women’s League for Conservative Judaism supports and urges its Sisterhoods to: Promote strong legislation, with strict penalties and adequate law enforcement; Encourage development of appropriate on-the-spot testing for the p…