Reconstructionist Rabbinical College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Rebecca Alpert, Chair of Religion Dept. at Temple University, author on lesbian rabbis
  • Deborah Brin, first openly gay rabbi in Judaism, ordained by RRC in 1985.
  • Dan Ehrenkrantz, President of RRC
  • Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, RRC faculty, active in interfaith dialogue
  • Steve Gutow, president and CEO of Jewish Council for Public Affairs
  • Richard Hirsh, executive director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
  • Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, prominent gay and lesbian oriented congregation in New York. On Newsweek list of leading rabbis, 2008
  • Allan Lehmann, faculty member, Hebrew College rabbinical school
  • Joy Levitt, first woman president of a national rabbinical group (Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association), co-editor of Reconstructionist Passover haggadah (2000)
  • Mordechai Liebling, Director, RRC's Social Justice Organizing Program, former director Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, former director, Torah of Money at Jewish Funds for Justice
  • Brant Rosen, congregational rabbi and social activist. Listed by Newsweek magazine, 25 top pulpit rabbis, 2008
  • Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, first woman ordained by RRC (in 1974), noted author of children’s books.
  • Amy Small, past president of RRA, Reconstructionist representative to national and international organizations
  • Susan Schnur, editor of Lilith, Jewish feminist magazine
  • Gail Shuster-Bouskila, first woman rabbi to live in Israel
  • Toba Spitzer, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (2007–09). First open lesbian to head a major rabbinical organization
  • Michael Strassfeld., co-editor of Jewish Catalogues, co-editor of Reconstructionist Passover haggadah, a Night of Questions, 2000
  • Sidney Schwarz, founder of Panim, center for teaching about Judaism and public policy
  • Brian Walt, founding executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America

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