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cRc Rabbis at the RCA Convention    A number of cRc Rabbis participated in the RCA Convention on May 11 and 12 in Suffern, NY. Participating Rabbis included Rabbi Reiss, Rabbi Abramson, Rabbi Engel, Rabbi Gelman, Rabbi Greenland, Rabbi Kraft, Rabbi Matanky, Rabbi Meyers, and Rabbi Mostofsky. Click HERE to watch Rabbi Reiss’ speech with…

Mazal Tov to this year’s winners of the cRc Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, a”h, Torah Research Project: First Place Winners: Eliezer Herman (Fasman Yeshiva High School) for his essay “DNA as Halachic Evidence” and  Akiva Isenberg (Fasman Yeshiva High School) for “Redeeming Hostages.” Second Place Winner: Matanya Goldstein (Fasman Yeshiva High School) for his essay “Intellectual…

For Chicago Rabbinical Currents Volume 1, click->Here<- For Chicago Rabbinical Currents Volume 2, click->Here<- Volume 3 | Issue 1  Iyar 5786 Tattoos – In Conversion and Other Areas in Halacha – By Rav Yona Reiss Visiting Asia and Keeping the Global Village Kosher – By Rabbi Shmuel Katz

Please click HERE for the video. Mechirat Chometz – R. Yona Reiss, Av Beth Din of the cRc, at Cong. KINS (April 1. 2026)  

Please click HERE for the recording of the  cRc Kosher Consumer Pre-Pesach Webinar with Rabbi Reiss, Rabbi Fishbane, and Rabbi Cohen In Memory of Mrs. Biranit Cohen a”h

Sunday, March 22  1-4 pm Kehilat Chovevei Tzion 9220 Crawford Avenue Skokie, IL Keilim Kashering, Shaatnez Testing, and Knife Sharpening Related: cRc Main Pesach page

Divrei Torah – Purim 5786   Divrei Torah include: Rav Yona Reiss – Shoshanat Yaakov: A Rose by our Name Rabbi Noach Goldstein – Sirtut of Megillat Esther and the Underlying Meaning of Purim Rabbi Yochanan Posner- The Mound, the Ditch, and a Partial Explanation of the Mystery of Antisemitism    

Inside the Beth Din Congregation K.I.N.S. at 8 pm Tuesday, February 17, Senior Dayan, Rabbi Raccah – Geirut: Conversion in Halacha

This project is open to all current senior students of participating schools who plan on Torah study in Eretz Yisrael for the 5787 – 2026-27 school year. Submission deadline: Friday, Iyar 28 – Yom Yerushalayim; May 15. See this link for details: https://crcbethdin.org/2dwg For more information: please call 773.250.5499 or email [email protected].