[1] It has approximately 300 members, most of whom are graduates of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
The RRA is a member of a number of national coalitions including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
[2] Its first director was Rabbi Richard Hirsh who was hired in 1984 to work five hours/week when he was dean of admissions at RRC.
[3] From 1987 to 1989, Rabbi Joy Levitt was the first female president of the RRA.
[4] In 2007, Rabbi Toba Spitzer became the first openly lesbian or gay person chosen to head a rabbinical association in the United States when she was elected president of the RRA.