The rabbinical arm of the Reform movement passed a resolution warning that passage of conversion legislation in Israel would further distance Diaspora Jewry from Israel. The resolution warned that enshrining the Orthodox monopoly over conversions in Israel “would cause severe and deleterious consequences in the political, philanthropic and religious realms.” The move came at the annual meeting of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in Anaheim, Calif.
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