OU/RCA Guidance for Purim 2021
February 2, 2021RCA Condemns Antisemitism of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
February 8, 2021February 3, 2021
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, held by conference call, on Wed., Feb. 3, 2021, President Daniel Korobkin in the chair, and Reuven Tradburks acting on behalf of the secretary, the following items were decided:
President’s Report.
Daniel Korobkin reported on the progress of the new Madrikh and the sponsorship. Tradition will be doing a special Lamm Memorial Volume with opportunity to pay tributes to his legacy. The RCA is establishing a Canadian Friends of the RCA to enable tax deductible contributions from Canada. Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein of South Africa has initiated a meeting with the officers and with the membership. Valuable shiurim for the RCA membership recently have been given by Rav Schachter on Purim, Rav Baruch Simon on Minhagim and Rav Daniel Feldman on Kevod Haberiyot. The National Library of Israel has initiated contact offering a series of webcasts to acquaint our members to its resources. MK Tehilla Friedman initiated a meeting with a group of RCA officers and the Israel Commission members to consider a dialogue between diaspora rabbis and Israeli rabbis.
The following were approved unanimously for membership in the RCA:
Steven Jonathan Bergman, Chaim Bogopulsky, Adam Felsenthal, Tzvi Menachem Fischer, Yehuda Myers, Yosef Platt, Michael Reichel, Avraham Teitelbaum.
Gil Student reported on Social Media Committee. The committee is addressing the RCA’s media presence and social media presence. The first topic that will be tested will be lowering the rhetoric in disagreement. A proposal as to how to present this in the public sphere will be developed.
Ari Perl reported on the Rabbinic Welfare Committee. The committee is addressing how to be more helpful in supporting our members including employment help in contracts, interviewing etc and support of members who may be in need of professional help in various areas including legal or other types of needs.
Noah Cheses reported on a meeting of the Israel Commission with Marc Rosenberg, VP of Nefesh bNefesh to address concerns of bottlenecks in the aliya process. A meeting for the RCA membership with Marc Rosenberg on the topic of Rabbis making aliya is being scheduled for the near future.
Doniel Kramer suggested noting in the minutes the wonderful quality of the weekly membership email and acknowledged the efforts of Mark Dratch and Adam Dubin.
