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