They were supported by groups opposed to the school prayer including rabbinical organizations, Ethical Culture, and Judaic organizations.
The various rabbinical organizations can take much credit for raising the prestige of the rabbinical profession, improving salaries and assuring medical and health benefits and pensions.
The CCAR is the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in the world.
With the Reform movement, leaders of the rabbinical and synagogue organizations became so concerned that they established a task force to examine the issue.
For a place of business to be kosher, it must be given the seal of approval by a supervising rabbi or rabbinical organization.
Adding to the confusion is the proliferation of symbols implying that a product has been certified as kosher by a rabbi or rabbinical organization.
Theoretically, if an item is labeled with a kosher mark, the rabbinical organization says it follows Jewish law.
The Agudath Israel will has a blank space where the signer can fill in the name of a rabbi or rabbinical organization.
It stands for Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, a rabbinical organization that certifies kosher products.
Over the past century, there have developed numerous rabbinical organizations that certify products, manufacturers, and restaurants as kosher, usually using a symbol (called a hechsher) to indicate their support.