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October 12, 2010. Chicago, IL. Upon the recommendation of the ACC Social
Action Committee, with the Officer Team and in accordance with the ACC's
2007 Resolution in Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil
and Religious Rights, the ACC endorses and signs onto the petition from
View of Saint Peter's Basilica from Vatican GardensWhen the idea for a group of 20 ACC cantors to travel to Rome, Italy for a “Conference on Catholic-Jewish Relations” and to put on a concert at The Vatican was floated at an ACC executive board meeting, I didn’t pay close attention because I thought it was one of those pipe dreams we have when
READ MOREChicago, IL—The American Conference of Cantors (ACC), representing over 450 Reform Jewish Cantors, wishes to express our extreme sadness and distress at the legislation being brought forward by MK David Rotem which seeks to redefine “who is a Jew” in Israel by moving authority over conversions from the State to the Orthodox Rabbinate.
READ MOREChicago, IL (July 15, 2010) The American Conference of Cantors (ACC), representing over 450 Reform Jewish Cantors,
strongly condemns the arrest of Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center and
chairperson of “Women of the Wall” for the “crime” of holding a sefer Torah in the women’s section of the Western
The American Conference of Cantors (ACC), the Guild of Temple Musicians (GTM) and The Joint Commission on Worship, Music and Religious Living of the Union for Reform Judaism are proud to announce the results of the first Generation to Generation program. The honor goes to Jeremiah Klarman, a 17-year old high school student and a member of
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