The director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism was named to serve on a new U.S. commission to monitor religious freedom abroad. The House Minority leader, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), said he had selected Rabbi David Saperstein because of his “vast knowledge and experience as a religious leader, attorney and advocate on behalf of both domestic and international religious liberties.” The nine-member presidential commission, established by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, includes one other Jewish member, Elliot Abrams, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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