{"id":16143,"date":"2010-01-17T16:54:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T00:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2010-01-17T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T01:00:45","slug":"does-the-rcc-president-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16143","title":{"rendered":"Does The RCC President Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. What matters for the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.rccvaad.org\/\">Rabbinical Council of California<\/a> is who runs it and that is the tough as nails passionate baal teshuva <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.rabbis.org\/news\/article.cfm?id=100889\">Rabbi Avrohom Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The RCC current president is <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15610\">Rabbi Meyer May<\/a>. 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