The Rabbinical Assembly, international organization of Conservative rabbis, has accepted an invitation to join the World Jewish Congress. Its president, Rabbi Ralph Simon of Chicago, said today the Assembly becomes the first rabbinical body to join the organization. The decision to accept WJCongress president Dr. Nahum Goldmann’s invitation, received late last year, was made without a dissenting vote yesterday by the Assembly’s Executive Council, Rabbi Simon said.
The Assembly, he said, believes it can be valuable to the WJCongress because it is now a “truly international organization” with 1,000 rabbinical members. “Since our concern is international now, we want to function with international Jewish agencies. Our presence in WJCongress work will be important,” Rabbi Simon said. The Assembly has members in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Britain, Israel and Asia. It will be represented on the top governing bodies of the WJCongress, although details have yet to be worked out, Rabbi Simon said.
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