The Tel Aviv Municipal Council has granted a plot of land to a Reform congregation for the purpose of erecting the first structure in Israeli history which will be built specifically as a Reform synagogue, it was announced here by the World Union for Progressive Judaism. The 19-5 Council vote climaxed a 12-year battle waged by Kedem Congregation and its rabbi, Moshe Zemer, to find adequate quarters. Kedem is one of 13 Reform congregations in Israel, all of which are members of the World Union, the international arm of the Reform movement. The World Union has initiated a special Synagogue-Community Center Building Program through which Reform Jews around the world will help Kedem’s members build their synagogue in Tel Aviv.
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