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The sixth international convention of the World Council of Synagogues opened here today with the participation of 250 delegates from Conservative synagogues in 21 countries, 150 of them from the United States and Canada. At the opening session today, the Council presented a special award in absentia to Mrs. Helen Suzman, the only woman member […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315