Clergy Bodies
Progressive Judaism has two clergy bodies that support rabbis and cantors in the UK and Ireland. They help to ensure a thriving rabbinate and cantorate for Progressive Jewish communities. All members follow a Code of Ethics.
Britain and Ireland’s two Progressive clergy bodies – The Assembly of Reform Rabbis and Cantors UK (AoRRC) and Conference of Liberal Rabbis and Cantors (CoLRaC) – play key roles in Progressive Jewish life.
AoRRC largely comprises clergy, and former clergy, of communities which used to belong to the Movement for Reform Judaism, while CoLRaC largely contains clergy of legacy Liberal Judaism congregations.
With the support of the Movement for Progressive Judaism, AoRRC and CoLRaC members sit on Batei Din and publish liturgy.
The clergy bodies provide religious leadership to Progressive Judaism – and increase the impact of Progressive cantors and rabbis in the Jewish and wider world – by:
Providing a forum for clergy to connect and collaborate; helping members to be better rabbis and cantors, and build more enriching rabbinates/cantorates.
Helping to encourage and facilitate study, training and mentoring.
Working with partners to respond to and lead change, helping to build the Jewish landscape of the future.
Facilitating rabbinic vision and engagement within and beyond individual communities.
Supporting the spiritual growth and emotional well-being of rabbis and cantors in the UK, enabling communication and collaboration among members.
Amplifying the voice of Progressive Judaism by speaking and acting collectively on social, ethical and religious issues of the day.
All rabbis and cantors who are members of a Progressive clergy body follow an Ethics Code overseen by a Joint Ethics Committee.