Rabbinical Assembly

Rabbinical Assembly
AbbreviationRA
FoundedJune 17, 1901; 123 years ago (1901-06-17)[1]
TypeProfessional association
13-1663324[2]
Legal status501(c)(3)[2]
HeadquartersNew York, New York, U.S.
Coordinates40°48′44″N 73°57′39″W / 40.812148°N 73.960768°W / 40.812148; -73.960768
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal[3]
Websitewww.rabbinicalassembly.org
Formerly called
Alumni Association of the Jewish Theological Seminary[1]

The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the international association of Conservative rabbis.[4] The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement.[5] It publishes prayerbooks and books of Jewish interest, and oversees the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards for the Conservative movement. It organizes conferences and coordinates the Joint Placement Commission of the Conservative movement. Members of the RA serve as rabbis, educators, community workers and military and hospital chaplains around the world.

Rabbis ordained by Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York, New York), the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University (Los Angeles, California), The Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires, Argentina), The Zacharias Frankel College (Berlin, Germany) and The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary (Jerusalem, Israel) automatically become members of the RA upon their ordination. Rabbis whose ordination is from other seminaries and yeshivas may also be admitted to the RA. As of 2010, there were 1,648 members of the RA.[6]

The majority of RA members serve in the United States and Canada, while more than ten percent of its rabbis serve in Israel and many of its rabbis serve in Latin America, in the countries of Europe, Australia, and Africa.[7]

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  1. ^ a b "RA History". The Rabbinical Assembly. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rabbinical Assembly Of America". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". The Rabbinical Assembly. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Rabbinical Assembly – About Us".
  5. ^ "Rabbinical Assembly – History".
  6. ^ JTA, Barriers broken, female rabbis look to broader influence Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 12-17-2010
  7. ^ http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/nav/mission_statement.html Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 10-20-2010.