A call to the United States Government to stand firmly behind the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 and to supply Israel with “legitimate means of self-defense” was adopted at the 11th annual convention of the Western Association of Reform Rabbis held here.
In a resolution on community affairs, the parley urged community leaders to affiliate with congregations of their choice. Rabbi Bernard Harrison of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills was elected president of the association. The convention was attended by spiritual leaders of Reform temples from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Oregon, Washington, the western part of Texas, Colorado and Hawaii.
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