Placement Rules - Rabbinic Eligibility Congregational Eligibility Graduating Student Eligibility

A rabbi must be contractually eligible for placement, either because the rabbi is in the last year of a contract, or has written permission of present employer, or the congregation has not renewed the rabbi’s contract, or the rabbi is in the two-year window of opportunity. [...] The two-year window states: “[T]he Rabbi may seek or consider a change in pulpit during the twenty-four (24) month period preceding the expiration of [their contract], or, during the period of time coinciding with the last one-half (½) of the term of [the contract], whichever period is less.” b. [...] Note: The following governs the relationship between the Joint Placement Commission, rabbis, and congregations: Neither the Joint Placement Commission nor the Global RA Career Center may be party to a contract between a congregation and a rabbi and are to be held harmless for any claims arising from such a contract. [...] In the case of a contract dispute between the congregation and the rabbi, the Placement Commission’s function is only to give guidance and counsel. [...] Rabbis and congregations participating in any matter before or with the Joint Placement Commission or the Rabbinical Assembly acknowledge by their participation that neither the Joint Placement Commission nor the Global RA Office owe any duty of care or fiduciary responsibility to the rabbi or the congregation.