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Even as the brilliantly sunny Sunday of the Celebrate Israel Parade turned into an overcast and chilly start to the workweek, excitement persisted over the long-sought inclusion of a coalition of organizations representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Jews. “The best part? No one cared,” said Jayson Littman, the founder of He’bro, a gay Jewish […]

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There is much to commend in Rabbi Richard Jacobs’ letter celebrating the Reform movement’s policy of “reaching out to non-Jewish spouses who increasingly were within our families and congregations” (Letters, June 1).  Rabbi Jacobs rightly attributes this policy to Rabbi Alexander Schindler, who was the professional head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations during […]

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