The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), founded in 1889, is the principal organization of Reform Jewish rabbis in the United States. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Reform Judaism can refer to (1) the largest denomination of Judaism in America and its sibling movements in other countries, (2) a branch of Judaism in the United Kingdom, and (3) the historical predecessor of the American movement that originated in 19th Century Germany. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi...

It largely consists of rabbis educated at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, but also offers memberhip to those who graduated in Europe from the Leo Baeck College in London (United Kingdom) and the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam (Germany), and others who joined the Reform movement after being ordained. Most of the last group graduated from either the Conservative Jewish Theological Seminary of America or the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC or HUC-JIR) is the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors and educators in Reform Judaism. ... Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... Conservative Judaism (or Masorti Judaism) is a denomination of Judaism characterized by: A positive attitude toward modern culture The belief that traditional rabbinic modes of study, and modern scholarship and critical text study, are both valid ways to learn about and from Jewish religious texts. ... The Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is the academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism, and is the movements main rabbinical seminary. ... The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) is the major Reconstructionist Judaism seminary in the United States. ...

The CCAR issues responsa, resolutions, and a platform. It is also the publisher of CCAR Journal, a journal of Reform Judaism published quarterly. The group also owns CCAR Press, a large publisher that produces Reform siddurs, machzorim, and haggadahs with a mixture of Hebrew and English. The most well-known CCAR prayerbooks include Gates of Prayer, Gates of Repentance, and the soon-to-be published Mishkan T'filah. Note: This is based on an entry from the 1906 public domain Jewish Encyclopedia The responsa literature, known in Hebrew as Sheelot U-teshuvot (questions and answers), is the body of written decisions and rulings given by rabbis to questions addressed to them. ... This article concerns the legal meaning of the term resolution. ... A party platform, also known as an manifesto is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said partys candidates voted into office. ... Academic publishing describes a system of publishing that is necessary in order for academic scholars to review work and make it available for a wider audience. ... The siddur is the prayerbook used by Jews the world over, containing a set order of daily prayers. ... The mahzor (machzor in Hebrew, pl. ... Haggadah for Passover, 14th century Haggadah is also the Hebrew for Aggadah, an Aramaic word refering to the homiletic and non-legal teachings recorded in Rabbinic literature. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

External links

• Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Central Conference of American Rabbis Press