Members of The New Reform Temple learned this week that their former rabbi, Jacques Cukierkorn, is suing the congregation for breach of contract. The suit was filed in Johnson County District Court on Sept. 27.
Rabbi Cukierkorn was informed last December by NRT’s board of directors that his contract would not be renewed. A separation agreement was reached and the congregation and the rabbi officially parted ways in March.
In April, Rabbi Cukierkorn became a founding member of Temple Israel of Greater Kansas City. The Reform congregation now has a membership of 50-plus families and has rented space from Congregation Ohev Sholom in Prairie Village.