National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership

The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) is a leadership training institute, think tank, and resource center. It is an inter-disciplinary and inter-denominational movement, in which rabbis from all major Jewish denominations in North America participate. The organization is described by The Jewish Daily Forward as a "think-tank dedicated to questions of Jewish identity and religious practice...in its quest to expand the boundaries of Jewish communal life".[1]

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield presently serves as the president of CLAL.[2][3]

Rabbi Elan Babchuck is the Executive Vice President.

  1. ^ "'Rabbi Cool' and Rock Opera Draw Stars, Upscale Spiritualists". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  2. ^ "50 Influential Rabbis", Newsweek, April 30, 2009.
  3. ^ "CLAL Faculty, Fellows and Associates" at CLAL website (accessed June 18, 2010).