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Change urged in Jewish lineage law by Reform leader
Washington UPI The head of Reform Judaism Alexander Schindler urged a major change to confer Jewish status on a child if either parent is Jewish provided both raise the child Jewishly and agree to do so The proposal made at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations General Assembly in Toronto aims to place paternal factors on par with maternal ones amid rising intermarriage and calls for cooperative study with the Conservative movement.
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