The Rabbinical Assembly of America, national association of Conservative rabbis, today opened here its 51st annual convention at which problems of Jewish religion, including the status of women before the Jewish Law, will be discussed. More than 250 spiritual leaders of conservative congregations from all parts of the country are attending the four-day gathering.
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