Denver Rabbinical Council and Conversions, 1956-1988

Some of the Jewish congregations in Denver were members of the Denver Rabbinical Council. In 1978, a Rabbinic Conversion Board was established consisting of Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Rabbis. The communal conversion board stressed education and the sincerity of the conversion applicant. The Rabbinical Council of America strongly opposed the inclusion of Conservative and Reform rabbis and by 1984, the Denver Conversion Program was dissolved. The file contains proposals, correspondence, articles, and a report from the Rabinical Rabbis of America disallowing the Denver Conversion Program.