Rabbi Irving F. Reichert, a past president of the Board of Rabbis of Northern California, was Warmly praised by the board today for his recent resignation as a vice president of the American Council for Judaism.
The message of the rabbinical group praised Rabbi Reichert “for his courageous disclosure of the untenable conduct in specific policies” of the anti-Zionist organization. In his resignation, Rabbi Reichert charged the Council with waging “a private war” against Israel.
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