Transdenominational
Guide to the considerations about re-opening synagogue buildings, published by a working group of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements
Kavod v’Nichum: Taharah safety recommendations (March 8 and 24, 2020)
T’ruah, The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
- I believe in the worth of every human life (March 27, 2020)
- Are we in this together? Rent cancellation and COVID-19 (October 2020)
- Lock down vs. open up: How much must we give up to save lives? (October 2020)
- Employer responsibilities and employee rights during a pandemic (October 2020)
- Contact tracing, civil liberties, and public health (October 2020)
Orthodox
Agudath Israel
- Safely reopening our Kehillos [Communities] (May 8, 2020)
- Statement on uptick in COVID-19 cases (August 30, 2020)
- Purim 5781: A time for mindfulness and care (February 7, 2021)
Beth Din of America: Kelim bill of sale (March 29, 2020)
Joint Statements
- Important joint statement to the Orthodox community (March 20, 2020)
- Joint statement to the Orthodox community regarding Pesach (March 23, 2020)
- Follow-up joint statement to the Orthodox community regarding Pesach (April 6, 2020)
- Guidance to shuls [Synagogues] and communities on reopening (May 8, 2020)
- Guidance for shuls and communities, fall 5781 (October 28, 2020)
- Vaccine guidance (December 15, 2020)
- Purim guidance for shuls and communities (February 2, 2021)
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America
- An urgent call (May 27, 2020)
- Rosh Hashanah (undated, before September 14, 2020)
National Association of Chevra Kadisha
- COVID-19 guidelines for chevros kadisha (March 25, 2020)
- COVID-19 protocols for levayahs and cemeteries (April 7, 2020)
Orthodox Union
- COVID-19 and the Mikvah (April 2, 2020)
- Update on shuls and communities (May 21, 2020)
- OU/RCA Guidance for shuls for Yamim Noraim (High Holidays) (August 14, 2020)
- Semichas Chaver Program: Laws related to Rosh Hashanah (undated, before September 15, 2020)
- OU/RCA guidance for Succot and Simchat Torah (September 30, 2020)
Rabbinical Council of America: Ensuring everyone a safe Passover (April 7, 2020)
Conservative
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
- Guidance for coronavirus (March 13, 2020)
- Remote minyanim in a time of COVID-19 (March 17, 2020)
- Recommendations for Passover 5780 in light of COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
- Livestreaming the Passover Seder (March 25, 2020)
- Mikvah guidance (undated, before April 2, 2020)*
- Streaming services on Shabbat and Yom Tov (May 13, 2020)
- Triage and the sanctity of life (May 13, 2020) [original version, March 30, 2020]
- Triage in the time of a pandemic (May 13, 2020) [original version, March 30, 2020]
- Conversion in a time of COVID-19 (May 18, 2020)*
- Clergy and shelihei tzibbur [Prayer Leaders] (May 26, 2020)*
- Choirs (May 26, 2020)*
- Shofar blowing for Rosh Hashanah 5781/2020 (May 26, 2020)*
- Services for children, teenagers, and families (June 4, 2020)*
- Abbreviating prayer services for the High Holy Days of 5781/2020 (June 12, 2020)*
- Counting a minyan under one roof, in separate rooms (June 12, 2020)*
- Torah reading during COVID-19 (July 13, 2020)*
- Ethics of gathering when not all of us may attend in person (July 22, 2020)*
- Washing on Yom Kippur (August 31, 2020)*
- Advice for sukkah use and sukkah building in the time of COVID-19 (September 3, 2020)*
- Lulav/Etrog during COVID-19 (September 3, 2020)*
- Sukkot and Simhat Torah: Liturgical considerations in the time of COVID-19 (September 25, 2020)*
- Vaccination and ethical questions posed by COVID-19 vaccines (Jan. 1, 2021)
- Reading Megillat Esther under COVID precautions (Jan. 25, 2021)
- Updated guidance for High Holiday services for children under 12 (and their families) for 2021/5782 (June 29, 2021)
Note: asterisked texts were written by individual members of the committee but are not official statements of the committee
Conservative/Masorti movement statement on gatherings and communal expectations of leadership (March 25, 2020)
A counter-proposal to live-streaming for Conservative Judaism (May 16, 2020)
Rabbinical Assembly: Jewish values regarding physical reopening of our institutions (April 28, 2020)
Reconstructionist
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association: Statement on communal gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic (March 26, 2020)
Reconstructing Judaism: Reopening our institutions (May 1, 2020)
Reform
CCAR/URJ guidelines on values-based decision-making: Returning to in-person gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic (May 12, 2020)
Central Council of American Rabbis Responsa Committee
- Virtual Minyan in time of COVID-19 emergency (March 18, 2020)
- B’rit Milah during COVID-19 pandemic (April 13, 2020)
Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah:
- Coronavirus, halakhah, and the counsel of experts (March 13, 2020)
- Jewish law and priorities in the saving of life (April 6, 2020)
- COVID-19 as Sha`at Hadachak (April 7, 2020)
- On endangering oneself to save others (April 13, 2020)
- A wedding via Zoom? (April 26, 2020)
- The shofar via Zoom (August 12, 2020)
Reform Jewish Movement’s recommendations on COVID-19 (March 31, 2020)
