Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (June 2008)

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) founded in 1974, is the professional association of rabbis affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism.^[1] The RRA has approximately 300 members, most of whom are graduates of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. The executive director is Richard Hirsh. The president, 2007-2009, is Toba Spitzer. The RRA is a member of a number of national coalitions including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Reconstructionist Judaism

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

v • d • e Organized Jewish life in the United States Major communal organizations Jewish Federations of North America (formerly UJC) · Local Jewish Federations  · Jewish Community Centers  · B'nai B'rith Federal Government liaisons and policy organizations not exclusively focused on Israel Conference of Presidents · American Jewish Committee · American Jewish Congress · Religious Action Center · Jewish Council for Public Affairs · Jewish Community Relations Councils · Anti-Defamation League · National Jewish Democratic Council · Republican Jewish Coalition · White House Jewish Liaison Major foreign assistance organizations American Jewish World Service · Joint Distribution Committee · United Israel Appeal Major Israel policy organizations AIPAC · J Street · Hadassah · ZOA · Americans for Peace Now · Israel Policy Forum · JINSA Major Israel outreach organizations Birthright Israel · Nefesh B'Nefesh Major religious movement organizations (and associated rabbinical body and seminary) Agudath Israel of America; (Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah; numerous)  · Orthodox Union (Rabbinical Council of America; numerous, most notably YU-RIETS) · United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (Rabbinical Assembly; JTS/AJU-Ziegler) · Union for Reform Judaism (Central Conference of American Rabbis; HUC) · Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; RRC) Youth groups BBYO (AZA / BBG) · NFTY  · NCSY  · USY (Kadima)  · Young Judea Religious educational settings Hebrew school · Jewish day school (Shechter /Torah Umesorah) · Yeshiva · College Jewish studies programs College organizations Hillel · KOACH · KESHER · KEDMA · Chabad on Campus · Alpha Epsilon Pi · Historically Jewish: Sigma Alpha Mu · Zeta Beta Tau · Alpha Epsilon Phi · Sigma Delta Tau Major media Jewish Telegraphic Agency · The Jewish Week (New York) · The Forward (New York) · The Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) · The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) · Washington Jewish Week · Tablet Magazine · Heeb · Jewcy  · Commentary  · Tikkun · Jewish World Review  · The Jewish Press  · Yated Ne'eman (U.S.)  · Hamodia Significant communal activities Super Sunday (phone-a-thon) · Matzo Ball · JDate · Siyum HaShas-NY/NJ

This article about a subject related to a Jewish organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e