Reform rabbis called on the U.S. government to oppose the use of torture. At a meeting this week in Houston, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the movement’s rabbinical arm, passed a resolution calling on the government to ensure that U.S. laws against torture are enforced, and called for an independent commission to investigate reports of U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terrorism.
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