About the Rabbinical Association
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City includes Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis and serves as the rabbinic voice in and for the Jewish community and the larger Greater Kansas City community. It guides the community in making religious decisions for community events, supports the rabbis in their personal and professional growth and develops and nourishes collegial relationships within the Association. The Kansas City metropolitan area, Jewish and non-Jewish, is extremely fortunate to have this long standing Association of good will and united action.

The Rabbinical Association was incorporated June 17, 2002. The Association existed as an unincorporated, entirely voluntary, sometimes very loose knit group for about 25 years. The first regular gatherings date to the mid 1970's. Over the years, the Rabbis in Greater Kansas City have established a pattern of community-wide collaboration and have been called upon to provide information, guidance, and leadership on both Jewish and interfaith issues. Today, the rabbis meet monthly, functioning as a board of directors, dealing with issues brought to them by the community and issues and programs of their own initiative.

Mission
The overall purpose and mission of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City is to maximize the diverse vitality of Jewish religious life in Greater Kansas City and to maximize the full-functioning of key religious institutions.
The rabbis do this by –

• Providing leadership and guidance to Jewish agencies and organizations
• Leading and supporting educational activities
• Overseeing, supporting and filling in certain gaps in social services, largely within the Jewish community
• Providing a unified voice to both the Jewish community and other faith communities in the area.

Vision
The vision of the Rabbinical Association is a vital religious Jewish community in Greater Kansas City, with strong communal institutions, with well informed and religiously principled practices, in which the Rabbinical Association can speak with authority of the rabbinate in a unified voice.

• To further the professional and personal development of the rabbis in the association
• To provide support for the full functioning of religious institutions
• To provide guidance and stewardship for community religious life
• To provide support for congregational life

Rabbinical Association  of Greater Kansas  City
Rabbi David Bauman, Kehilath Israel Synagogue                                        
Rabbi Alan Cohen, Director of  Interreligious Affairs, 
          Jewish Community Relations Bureau/American Jewish  Committee
Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, President, New Reform Temple
Rabbi Vered  Harris, Congregation Beth Torah
Rabbi Mark Levin, Congregation Beth Torah                              
Rabbi Herbert Mandl, Kehilath Israel Synagogue
Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff, Secretary-Treasurer, The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Rabbi Daniel Rockoff, Congregation Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner
Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick, Vice-President, Community Chaplain
Rabbi Neal Schuster, The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Rabbi Gil Shoham
Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Rabbi Debbie Stiel, Temple Beth Sholom, Topeka, KS 66604-1818
Rabbi Linda K. Steigman, MSS, Genesis Interfaith Coordinator                                    
Rabbi Robert L. Tobin, Congregation Beth Shalom
Rabbi Scott White, Immediate Past-President,Ohev Sholom

Staff
Annette Fish, Administrator/Program Director
Linda Cohen, Conversion to Judaism Course Coordinator

Funding for the Rabbinical Association is generously provided by grants from
Jewish Heritage Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

Mailing Address
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City
5801 West 115th Street
Box 113
Overland Park, KS  66211-1800 

Voicemail: 913 - 327 - 4622
e-mail: afprogram@aol.com