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About 10 years ago, Rabbi Jerome Davidson of Temple Beth El in Great Neck, N.Y., changed his mind about officiating at interfaith weddings. After he had officiated at the marriage of two lesbians in 1995, some congregants asked Davidson why, if he would bend that far, would he not officiate at their children’s weddings to […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315