The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College currently has a policy stating: “The RRC does not ordinarily admit or graduate as a rabbi a student married to, or in a committed relationship with, a non-Jew.”  For a variety of reasons, the RRC faculty have taken a preliminary vote (the first step of a multi-step process) in favor of eliminating this policy.  As part of its continuing deliberation of the question, the RRC has asked each Reconstructionist congregation to consider the following questions:

• What consequences (positive and/or negative) are likely or possible if RRC eliminates the prohibition?
• What consequences (positive and/or negative) are likely or possible if RRC maintains the prohibition?
• Are there important values that a policy change would/would not honor?
• How would eliminating or amending the policy affect your feelings about Reconstructionist Judaism or your feelings about identifying as a Reconstructionist Jew?
• Can you imagine your community hiring a rabbi who is married to or partnered with a non-Jew? Can you articulate why or why not?

We will discuss these questions.  Background material, which you are encouraged to review in advance of the meeting, may be found here.