Divided over the war in Iraq, Reform rabbis issued a resolution Wednesday praying for the safety of U.S. troops. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, which represents 1,800 Reform rabbis, issued the pro-troops plank at its 2003 convention in Washington, though it “acknowledged that its ranks are of varied opinion” about the war.
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