A meeting of the Jerusalem local religious council was canceled when nearly all of the members boycotted to protest the inclusion of representatives from the Reform and Conservative movements. Council head Rabbi Yitzhak Ralbag called the session after being ordered to do so by the High Court of Justice.
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