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Israeli Chief Rabbinate is thwarting religious expression, democratic principles

By Alliance Alert

Eric Yoffie (Union for Reform Judaism) and Steven Wernick (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) writing at JTA: "We are saddened by the contempt that Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, expresses for Reform and Conservative Judaism at this High Holidays season. The Reform and Conservative movements in Israel are small but vibrant, and growing rapidly. This growth comes despite longstanding Israeli government policy that funnels taxpayers? money only to Orthodox institutions, forcing Conservative and Reform Jews to fend for themselves. Government recognition and equitable funding of Reform and Conservative rabbis and synagogues would lead to even faster growth, and polls consistently show that an overwhelming majority of Israelis favor such recognition."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).