Rabbi Starr Elected to Executive Committee of RCA

YOUNG ISRAEL RABBI TO SERVE IN RABBINICAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA Rabbi Adam Starr

Rabbi Adam Starr of Young Israel Toco Hills was elected last week, to serve on the RCA Executive Committee. Rabbi Starr will serve a three year term with the Rabbinical Council of America and will assist in growing the organization and helping to maintain rabbinic tradition in the United States.

Originally from Maryland, the Rabbi has been the spiritual leader of Young Israel since 2008 and is currently the President of the Atlanta Rabbinical Organization. As a well known leader in the Modern Orthodox community, Rabbi Starr has connected with many Jewish leaders in the United States through his tenure.

“For the past 6 years, we have been blessed to have the spiritual and communal leadership of Rabbi Adam Starr.” The Young Israel Board of Directors said in a statement last week, “Throughout these years, Rabbi Starr has made a tremendously positive impact on our Kehilla, the Toco Hills neighborhood, and the greater Atlanta Jewish community. Mazel Tov and Kol Hakavod!! We are incredibly proud and honored to have Rabbi Starr as our leader.”

The Rabbinical Council of America was established in 1935 to “Advance the cause and voice of Torah and the rabbinic tradition by promoting the welfare, interests, and professionalism of Orthodox rabbis around the world.”

For more information on the Rabbinical Council of America visit www.rabbis.org

By David Cohen

Managing Editor AJT