The Jerusalem religious council failed to meet for a third consecutive time, after Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to convene with Conservative and Reform representatives. The council’s fervently Orthodox members have been boycotting the meetings, prompting the council head to cancel the sessions because of a lack of a quorum.
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