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The '''Central Conference of American Rabbis''' ('''CCAR'''), founded in [[1889]], is the principal organization of [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jewish]] [[rabbi]]s in the [[United States]].

It largely consists of rabbis educated at [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]], but also hasoffers membersmemberhip thatto those who graduated in [[Europe]] from Liberalthe [[Seminary|seminariesLeo Baeck College]] in London (United Kingdom) and the [[EuropeAbraham Geiger College]] at the University of Potsdam (Germany), and others who joined the Reform movement after being [[ordination|ordained]]. Most of the last group graduated from either the [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] [[Jewish Theological Seminary]] of America or the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical College]].

The CCAR issues [[responsa]], [[resolution (law)|resolutions]], and a [[Party platform|platform]]. It is also the publisher of ''CCAR Journal'', a [[Academic publishing|journal]] of Reform Judaism published quarterly. The group also owns CCAR Press, a large publisher that produces Reform [[siddur]]s, [[mahzor|machzorim]], and [[haggadah]]s with a mixture of [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[English language|English]]. The most well-known CCAR prayerbooks include ''Gates of Prayer'', ''Gates of Repentance'', and the soon-to-be published, ''Mishkan TefilahT'filah''.

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