Conservative Jewish group’s VP calls for major overhaul after rejection of yesterday’s J Street’s membership bid.
The Union for Reform Judaism is seeking an overhaul of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the wake of its rejection of J Street’s bid for membership.
Rick Jacobs. – Photo: Screenshot from URJ Biennial’s Twitter page.
The Reform group in a statement posted Thursday on its website said leaving the Presidents Conference, an umbrella body, is an option.
“As of yesterday, it is clear that the Conference of Presidents, as currently constituted and governed, no longer serves its vital purpose of providing a collective voice for the entire American Jewish pro-Israel community,” URJ President Rick Jacobs said in the statement.
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