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The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union (OU). It is the main professional rabbinical association within Modern Orthodox in the United States.
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), the primary American modern-Orthodox rabbinic association, initially took exception to his presence, stating that "participation in a prayer service held in the sanctuary of a church is prohibited" and adding: "Any member of the RCA who attends such a service does so in contravention of this policy and ...
Menachem (Marc) Penner (Hebrew: מנחם פעננער; born 1971) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi and executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). [1] He formerly served as the Max and Marion Grill Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University [ 2 ] and Dean of Men's Undergraduate Torah ...
In 1993, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis, issued a resolution regarding spouses who refuse to comply with a beth din in the issuance of a get (the formal divorce document presented by a husband to his wife to terminate their marriage under Jewish law).
He was a Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, served as chairman of its task force on rabbinic improprieties and was responsible for spearheading and formulating policy guidelines for responding to allegations against member rabbis. He was a member of the RCA Executive Board and a member of the Orthodox Caucus.
Mescheloff was a member of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) for seventy-five years, from 1935 until his death. In 1980 Mescheloff received a doctorate in Hebrew Literature from the graduate school of the Hebrew Theological College of Skokie, Illinois .
He was president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), [4] and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Tradition. In 2007, he established the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. [citation needed] He directs the Institute and edits its journal, Conversations, which appears three times per year and is a voice of Open Orthodoxy.
From 1946 to 1979 he was the rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zedek of Edgemere, Long Island. He served as a dayyan (judge) on the rabbinical court of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), and served as chief editor of the journal HaDarom published by the RCA, from 1957 to 1983. [2] [3] He received the Rabbi Kook Jewish Book Prize in 1953.