Gay and lesbian Jewish college students rallied for more inclusion in the Jewish community. Many of the 50 or so students who demonstrated over the weekend as part of the annual conference of the National Union of Jewish LGBTIQQ Students — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning Jews — said they wanted to apply to rabbinical school but did not want to hide their sexual identities.
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