Rabbi Hara Person

Rabbi Hara Person is the Chief Executive Officer of Central Conference of American Rabbis. Previously, she was the CCAR's Chief Strategy Officer. In that capacity, she oversaw the Communications Department and served as Publisher of CCAR Press, and worked with leadership on overall organizational strategy.

Rabbis Hara Person, Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, and Amy Schwartzman

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Toward Gender Equity: Tools for Reform Jewish Communities from the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate

Rabbi Amy Schwartzman

Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus

Rabbi Hara Person

July 13, 2021

When we initially convened this Task Force, we began a process of creating resources, as well as making recommendations for policy changes. Many critical resources are now complete and available to congregations and Jewish communities.

Jewish Values

Join Us in Urging the Israeli Government Not to Carry Out Unilateral West Bank Annexation

Rabbi Hara Person

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

June 18, 2020

As a Movement that puts Ahavat Yisrael as one of its highest values and with our deep commitment to Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state, we must strongly oppose the potential annexation after July 1st.

Womans hands on a laptop keyboard as she sits on a couch

Jewish Resilience: Creating, Transforming, and Connecting in a Time of Distance

Rabbi Hara Person

March 31, 2020

In these last weeks, our Jewish community has been unexpectedly turned upside down by new restrictions caused by the spread of COVID-19.

Female rabbis pose together with the new Sacred Calling book

The Sacred Calling: Continuing the Conversation about Women in the Rabbinate

Rabbi Hara Person

December 13, 2016

When I was 8 years old, I learned that the first woman rabbi had just been ordained. I was shocked because, until then, I hadn’t realized that there weren’t any women in the rabbinate. Rabbi Sally Priesand became my hero.