Conservative.American democracy, from its inception, has favored cultural norms that embrace a plurality of voices and champion tolerance and diversity. Although it is axiomatic ax·i·o·mat·ic also ax·i·o·mat·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or resembling an axiom; self-evident: "It's axiomatic in politics that voters won't throw out a presidential incumbent unless they think his challenger will that the Jewish religion is predicated on God's commandment, it is equally fundamental, and by this point instinctive, that American Jews American Jews, or Jewish Americans, are American citizens or resident aliens who were born into the Jewish community or who have converted to Judaism. The United States is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. proactively choose individual rabbis as teachers. Jews' alignment with particular communities and openness to the teaching and leadership of particular rabbis generates dynamism and energy within American Jewish life and stimulates the creation of new vehicles for transmitting our eternal tradition. I imagine that the institution of one chief rabbi "Chief Rabbinate" redirects here. See also Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. would stifle rather than spur Jewish involvement. The question we should keep before us is not how we might institute the office of chief rabbi and what that rabbi's powers might be, but how we might realize a vision for a maximally engaged Jewish polity in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Our tradition imagines rabbis who lead by example, igniting Jews' religious consciousness and strengthening their ties to the community. We must optimally leverage diversity in our community to create the highest level of Jewish participation and connection, rather than attempt to impose unity from the top. This is the kind of leadership that all our rabbis must demonstrate to ensure the future of the Jewish people. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld Director of Rabbinic rab·bin·i·cal also rab·bin·ic adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of rabbis. [From obsolete rabbin, rabbi, from French, from Old French rabain, probably from Aramaic Development The Rabbinical Assembly New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY |
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