The Conservative movement in Israel said it would ask Jewish communities in the Diaspora not to allow any lawmakers who support a proposed bill banning non- Orthodox Jews from religious councils in Israel to appear in their cities. The Reform and Conservative movements are saying the bill, which would bypass a recent Israeli Supreme Court decision in Israel, delegitimizes liberal Jewish streams in Israel and abroad.
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