The Conservative movement’s rabbinic arm is to be headed by an Israeli for the first time. The Rabbinical Assembly, which represents approximately 1,500 Conservative rabbis, mostly in the United States, will name Rabbi Reuven Hammer president at its convention next month in Washington.
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