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| The '''Long Island Board of Rabbis''' is an organization of ], ], ], and ] ]s on ].<ref name="google1">{{cite |
The '''Long Island Board of Rabbis''' is an organization of ], ], ], and ] ]s on ].<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mEEjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&dq=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&hl=en&ei=QiVTTJdIhMaVB9uQ8G0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA |title=The Jewish Travel Guide|year= 1992|author=Stephen W. Massil|publisher=Sepher Hermon Pr|ISBN=1870216105|accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref> Its headquarters are located in ].<ref name="google1"/><ref name="pqarchiver1988">{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104790959.html?dids=104790959:104790959&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+13%2C+1988&author=Stuart+Vincent&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=RELIGION+Rabbi+Urges+No+Change+In+%60Who+Is+a+Jew%3F'+Law&pqatl=google|author=Stuart Vincent |title= Rabbi Urges No Change In `Who Is a Jew?' Law |publisher='']'' |date=December 13, 1988 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/65875283.html?dids=65875283:65875283&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+2000&author=Rhoda+Amon&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PEOPLE+OF+FAITH&pqatl=google|author=Rhoda Amon|title=People of Faith |publisher=''Newsday'' |date= December 30, 2000|accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref> | ||
| As of 1988, the Board represented nearly 300 rabbis. They, in turn, served an estimated 700,000 Jews on Long Island.<ref name="pqarchiver1988"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104094048.html?dids=104094048:104094048&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+11%2C+1988&author=By+Arnold+Abrams&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+NEW+YEAR+BEGINS+A+time+for+reflection+during+Rosh+Hashanah&pqatl=google |title=A |
As of 1988, the Board represented nearly 300 rabbis. They, in turn, served an estimated 700,000 Jews on Long Island.<ref name="pqarchiver1988"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104094048.html?dids=104094048:104094048&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+11%2C+1988&author=By+Arnold+Abrams&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+NEW+YEAR+BEGINS+A+time+for+reflection+during+Rosh+Hashanah&pqatl=google|author=Arnold Abrams|title=A New Year Begins; A time for reflection during Rosh Hashanah |publisher=''Newsday'' |date= September 11, 1988|accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref> | ||
| ==Issues== | ==Issues== | ||
| The Board has issued resolutions and policy statements from time to time on various issues. At times it has done so by itself, and in other instances it has done so jointly with other organizations, including the Long Island Council of Churches, and the Commission on Christian-Jewish Relations of the ].<ref>{{cite |
The Board has issued resolutions and policy statements from time to time on various issues. At times it has done so by itself, and in other instances it has done so jointly with other organizations, including the Long Island Council of Churches, and the Commission on Christian-Jewish Relations of the ].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2CIPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&dq=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&hl=en&ei=QiVTTJdIhMaVB9uQ8G0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ |title=Journal of Jewish communal service|volume=56|publisher=National Conference of Jewish Communal Service|year=1979 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=47ptAAAAMAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&dq=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&hl=en&ei=QiVTTJdIhMaVB9uQ8G0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ |title=Jewish currents – Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=August 27, 2008 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1981">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/14/nyregion/long-island-journal-156372.html |title=LONG ISLAND JOURNAL |publisher='']'' |date=June 14, 1981 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/548383521.html?dids=548383521:548383521&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+22%2C+2004&author=Jennifer+Smith.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Film+Already+Has+Special+Effect&pqatl=google |title=Film Already Has Special Effect |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref> Issues that it has focused on have included anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island, the Holocaust, taxation of houses of worship on Long Island, domestic violence, drug abuse, and anti-Black racism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103811127.html?dids=103811127:103811127&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+28%2C+1988&author=By+Nicholas+Goldberg&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Anti-Semitic+Incidents+Rise&pqatl=google |title=Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pqarchiver1990">{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77391609.html?dids=77391609:77391609&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25%2C+1990&author=By+Robert+Fresco+and+Adrian+Peracchio.+The+Project's&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+WORLD+APART+SEGREGATION+ON+LONG+ISLAND+Racism%3A+Bedrock+of+Segregation+Series%3A+A+WORLD+APART.+SEGREGATION+ON+LONG+ISLAND.+White+Attitudes.+Last+of+a+Series&pqatl=google |title=A WORLD APART SEGREGATION ON LONG ISLAND Racism: Bedrock of Segregation Series: White Attitudes|publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pqarchiver2">{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77394415.html?dids=77394415:77394415&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06%2C+1990&author=By+Monte+R.+Young.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Garden+City+Hoops+Ban+Slammed&pqatl=google |title=Garden City Hoops Ban Slammed |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3686603.html?refid=gnews_1108 |title=Abusers Among Us: Bringing the subject of domestic violence out from |publisher='']'' |date=July 14, 1994 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nytimes2001"/> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| ==Leadership== | ==Leadership== | ||
| Past Presidents of the Board include Rabbis Simon Resnikoff, Julius Goldber (] Jewish Center), Tobias Rothenberg (] Jewish Center), Esor Ben-Sorek, Arthur Schwartz, Philip S. Krohn, Paul Kushner (Congregation Shaarei Shalom), Stuart Geller (] in ]), Bruce Ginsburg (Congregation Sons of Israel), Alan F. Lavin (Temple Hillel of North Woodmere), Ronald L. Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center), and Moshe A. Birnbaum (] Jewish Center).<ref>{{cite |
Past Presidents of the Board include Rabbis Simon Resnikoff, Julius Goldber (] Jewish Center), Tobias Rothenberg (] Jewish Center), Esor Ben-Sorek, Arthur Schwartz, Philip S. Krohn, Paul Kushner (Congregation Shaarei Shalom), Stuart Geller (] in ]), Bruce Ginsburg (Congregation Sons of Israel), Alan F. Lavin (Temple Hillel of North Woodmere), Ronald L. Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center), and Moshe A. Birnbaum (] Jewish Center).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jnouAQAAIAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&dq=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&hl=en&ei=QiVTTJdIhMaVB9uQ8G0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw |title=Present tense – Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pqarchiver1988"/><ref name="pqarchiver2"/><ref name="pqarchiver1990"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77489210.html?dids=77489210:77489210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+16%2C+1992&author=By+Eric+Nagourney.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Groups+Lament+Gulf+War+Aftermath&pqatl=google |title=Groups Lament Gulf War Aftermath |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3687038.html?refid=gnews_1108 |title=Simcha Or Wrong Signal? Sanction of same-sex union stirs debate |publisher=''The Jewish Week'' |date=August 25, 1995 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/1595/rabbi-in-new-york-blesses-lesbian-union-of-assistant-rabbi/ |title=Rabbi in New York blesses lesbian union of assistant rabbi |publisher=Jweekly.com |date=September 15, 1995 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/25766625.html?dids=25766625:25766625&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+01%2C+1998&author=Stuart+Vincent.+STAFF+WRITER.+Michael+D.+Goldhaber+contributed+to+this+story.&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Rabbi+Julius+Goldberg%2C+72%2C+Backed+Egalitarian+Service+%2F+Guided+Growing+Congregation+Championed+Egalitarian+Services+Jewish+Center+Developer&pqatl=google |title=Rabbi Julius Goldberg, 72, Backed Egalitarian Service / Guided Growing Congregation Championed Egalitarian Services Jewish Center Developer |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rather |first=John |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/nyregion/on-sunday-let-us-pray-or-let-us-play.html |title=On Sunday, 'Let Us Pray' or 'Let Us Play' |location=Long Island (Ny) |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=April 4, 1999 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rather |first=John |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/05/nyregion/church-state-and-tuesday-converge.html |title=Church, State And Tuesday Converge |publisher=''The New York Times'' |date=November 5, 2000 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/12lireli.html?pagewanted=print</ref><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mbQkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5g8GAAAAIBAJ&pg=303,3829878&dq=long-island-board-of-rabbis&hl=en</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C290F20BF9EEE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=The Virginian-Pilot Archives |publisher=Nl.newsbank.com |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://templefjc.org/fwjc/rabbi.htm |title=rabbi |publisher=Templefjc.org |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ain |first=Stewart |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/gov%E2%80%99t_move_ahead_conversions |title=Gov’t To Move Ahead On Conversions |publisher=''The Jewish Week'' |date=February 13, 1998 |accessdate=August 10, 2010}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Type | Organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region served | Long Island, New York |
| Membership | 300 rabbis (approx.) |
The Long Island Board of Rabbis is an organization of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist rabbis on Long Island, New York. Its headquarters are located in Deer Park, New York.
As of 1988, the Board represented nearly 300 rabbis. They, in turn, served an estimated 700,000 Jews on Long Island.
Issues
The Board has issued resolutions and policy statements from time to time on various issues. At times it has done so by itself, and in other instances it has done so jointly with other organizations, including the Long Island Council of Churches, and the Commission on Christian-Jewish Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Issues that it has focused on have included anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island, the Holocaust, taxation of houses of worship on Long Island, domestic violence, drug abuse, and anti-Black racism.
History
In 1981, Nassau County presented awards to Rabbi Louis Stein of the Board and three other Long Island religious leaders (Bishop John R. McGann of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, Rev. Jack Alford of the Long Island Council of Churches, and Rev. Lawrence McCoom of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island) in recognition of their jointly issuing a policy statement affirming the need to study the Holocaust in schools. In 1987, the Board invited Palestinian speakers to address the Board.
In 1988, some Orthodox Jews in Israel were seeking to change Israel's Law of Return so that only converts who had been converted to Judaism by Orthodox rabbis would be entitled automatically to Israeli citizenship. Rabbi Esor Ben-Sorek wrote a letter, as President of the Board, to Israeli leaders urged them "to use your good offices to prevent any changes in the status quo regarding the definition of `Who is a Jew' or `Who is a Rabbi.'" While he signed the letter as President of the Board, he said the letter only reflected his personal views. The Board reacted by issuing a statement, saying that it had voted:
to disassociate itself from recent statements about Israel by its president, Rabbi Esor ... While each rabbi harbors his and her own personal feeling regarding the Law of Return, it is the consensus that the Long Island Board of Rabbis supports Israel unequivocally, and calls upon congregants to continue their strong support emotionally, financially and with visitations to Israel.
In 2001, Charles O'Shea, a Nassau County assessor, began to enforce an 1896 New York State law requiring that special tax assessments be paid on homes bought by synagogues and churches for their rabbis and ministers. At the same time, New York State law provided houses of worship with a tax exemption on property used for religious purposes. Board President Ronald Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center) observed:
There is a long history in this country of a separation of church and state, and the exemption of religious property from taxes. I think it's a dangerous precedent to set, because if the government can assess taxes for one purpose, what is to prevent it from assessing taxes on church and synagogue property in general? My great fear is that down the line governments might assume that the right to tax gives them the right to regulate. That would be an extremely dangerous breakdown of the separation of church and state.
In April 2007, 59-year-old President of the Long Island Board of Rabbis Moses Birnbaum, who had never before been arrested, was arrested and taken to central booking along with 21 other rabbis for taking part in a sit-in opposite the United Nations. They were demanding that Iran be ousted from the UN for saying Israel should be “wiped off the face of the earth”, and repeatedly threatening Israel.
Leadership
Past Presidents of the Board include Rabbis Simon Resnikoff, Julius Goldber (Plainview Jewish Center), Tobias Rothenberg (Huntington Jewish Center), Esor Ben-Sorek, Arthur Schwartz, Philip S. Krohn, Paul Kushner (Congregation Shaarei Shalom), Stuart Geller (Temple Emanuel in Lynbrook), Bruce Ginsburg (Congregation Sons of Israel), Alan F. Lavin (Temple Hillel of North Woodmere), Ronald L. Androphy (East Meadow Jewish Center), and Moshe A. Birnbaum (Plainview Jewish Center).
References
- ^ Stephen W. Massil (1992). The Jewish Travel Guide. Sepher Hermon Pr. ISBN 1870216105. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ Stuart Vincent (December 13, 1988). "Rabbi Urges No Change In `Who Is a Jew?' Law". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Rhoda Amon (December 30, 2000). "People of Faith". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Arnold Abrams (September 11, 1988). "A New Year Begins; A time for reflection during Rosh Hashanah". Newsday. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Journal of Jewish communal service. Vol. 56. National Conference of Jewish Communal Service. 1979. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- Jewish currents – Google Books. Books.google.com. August 27, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL". The New York Times. June 14, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "Film Already Has Special Effect". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ "A WORLD APART SEGREGATION ON LONG ISLAND Racism: Bedrock of Segregation Series: White Attitudes". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ "Garden City Hoops Ban Slammed". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Abusers Among Us: Bringing the subject of domestic violence out from". The Jewish Week. July 14, 1994. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Ain, Stewart (January 14, 2001). "Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages". Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY): The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- "Music in `Land of Free' To Recall Kristallnacht". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "LI Board of Rabbis Disavows Letter Repudiates leader's warning to Israel". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22&num=100&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=2000&as_hdate=2001&lnav=hist10
- Ain, Stewart (April 20, 2007). "Tuesday The Rabbi Got Arrested". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Present tense – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Groups Lament Gulf War Aftermath". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Simcha Or Wrong Signal? Sanction of same-sex union stirs debate". The Jewish Week. August 25, 1995. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - "Rabbi in New York blesses lesbian union of assistant rabbi". Jweekly.com. September 15, 1995. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Rabbi Julius Goldberg, 72, Backed Egalitarian Service / Guided Growing Congregation Championed Egalitarian Services Jewish Center Developer". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- Rather, John (April 4, 1999). "On Sunday, 'Let Us Pray' or 'Let Us Play'". Long Island (Ny): The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Rather, John (November 5, 2000). "Church, State And Tuesday Converge". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/12lireli.html?pagewanted=print
- http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mbQkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5g8GAAAAIBAJ&pg=303,3829878&dq=long-island-board-of-rabbis&hl=en
- "The Virginian-Pilot Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "rabbi". Templefjc.org. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- Ain, Stewart (February 13, 1998). "Gov't To Move Ahead On Conversions". The Jewish Week. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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