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NEW YORK, March 29 (JTA) — The Reform movement”s rabbinical organization is gearing up for a controversial vote on whether to sanction religious marriage ceremonies for lesbians and gay men. The issue is already creating deep and painful divisions within the Reform rabbinate, and some fear it could further alienate the Reform movement from other, […]

WASHINGTON, March 31 (JTA) — As Congress took its first action last week on legislation targeted at religious persecution abroad, support for such a law continued to build among Jewish groups. The House International Relations Committee approved the Freedom From Religious Persecution Act last week by a vote of 31-5, handing a victory to religious […]