Posts Tagged: Rabbinical Council of America
Rabbis Make Historic Trip to Ethiopia, Urge More Support for Country’s Impoverished Jewish Community
For the first time in over 30 years, a delegation of rabbis traveled to Ethiopia with the Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry (SSEJ) aid group...
This Yom Kippur, Don’t Donate to Unsafe Synagogues and Schools
Recently, 300 rabbis signed a statement condemning child sexual abuse in the Orthodox community and calling on their colleagues to make Orthodox institutions safe for children. Most...
Why Is the Rabbinical Council of America Protecting Child Molesters?
This is now the eighth month since I began contacting Rabbi Mark Dratch, executive vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), by phone and email....
Why Does the Rabbinical Council of America Refuse to Protect Children from Child Molesters?
Six weeks ago, I emailed Rabbi Mark Dratch, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), and published a detailed letter expressing my...
Jerusalem’s Koren Publishers Rolls Out Partnership With Orthodox Rabbinical Group
JNS.org - Ahead of June’s Jewish holiday of Shavuot, Jerusalem-based Koren Publishers has announced a new partnership with the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) that will include...
Lessons to Learn From Rabbi Barry Freundel
The arrest of Rabbi Barry Freundel, spiritual leader of the Kesher Israel congregation in Washington, DC, is an event which should prompt soul-searching in the Orthodox Jewish...
RCA Says it Has Reached ‘Historic’ Deal With Israeli Rabbinate
JNS.org - The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) announced that it has reached a "historic" deal with the Israeli Rabbinate on determining the "Jewishness"...
Canadian Muslim Group Objects to Rabbi on PM Harper Israel Trip; PM’s Office Slams Their Hamas Ties
The National Council of Canadian Muslims objected to the inclusion of Toronto Rabbi Daniel Korobkin as part of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's delegation on...
American Jewish Leaders Mourn Ariel Sharon; Praise Political Pragmatism and Military Prowess
American Jewish organizations and their leaders expressed condolences to the family of recently deceased Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, in statements issued Saturday and Sunday. The groups...
American Jewry at the Crossroads: Isaac Mayer Wise, Solomon Schechter, and now…Avi Weiss and Sara Hurwitz
On July 11, 1883 a dinner honoring the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College (the rabbinical seminary of Reform Judaism), was held in...
Circumcision Troubles
I have to my credit (or not) several blogs about circumcision in which I contrast my visceral antipathy towards harming a child with my loyalty...
