International leaders of Reform Jewry met with Germany’s chancellor to promote Jewish pluralism in Germany. In Wednesday’s meeting, the first private meeting with leaders of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, Gerhard Schroeder expressed support for diversity in the Jewish community while making it clear that he did not want to get involved in internal Jewish matters, the World Union’s president, Rabbi Uri Regev, told JTA.
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