November 29, 2024 – The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading membership organization of Orthodox rabbis throughout North America, expresses its deep concern over the recent statements by Pope Francis suggesting that claims Israel may be engaged in genocide need to be investigated. Rabbi Zvi Engel, president of the RCA, stated, “The RCA regrets that Continue Reading »
November 26, 2025 The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) has issued a rebuke of Canada’s decision to comply with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) indictment of Israeli leaders. The RCA, the leading membership organization of Orthodox rabbis throughout North America, views this move as a profound betrayal of Jewish communities worldwide and a dangerous erosion Continue Reading »
The leaderships of the Orthodox Union (the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization) and the Rabbinical Council of America (the leading Orthodox rabbinic organization in North America) issued the following statement today in response to the speech delivered by Secretary of State Kerry on December 28, 2016: “Yesterday, in his address on the topic of Continue Reading »
Formally adopted by a direct vote of the RCA membership, the full text of “Combating the BDS Movement” states: Whereas the Jewish people has maintained a continuous presence in its national homeland, the land of Israel, for some 3500 years; and, Whereas the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement seeks to undermine, denigrate, delegitimize, and Continue Reading »