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Breaking with millenniums of tradition, Reform Judaism last week became the first major U.S. religious body to adopt a national policy that sanctions homosexual behavior. "All Jews are religiously equal regardless of their sexual orientation," reads a new statement approved by Reform rabbis. While heterosexual marriage was declared to be the "ideal," same-sex relationships were deemed acceptable for those with no "conscious choice" but to be homosexual. The statement also welcomes "all rabbis regardless of sexual orientation," asking gay clergy for "discretion," not celibacy. Local synagogues were urged not to probe the sexuality of rabbinical candidates. Samuel Karff...
...toughest Vatican decree on dissent in modern times warns theologians to be scrupulously loyal -- or else. -- Reform Judaism votes to accept gay rabbis...
...Columbia, S.C. The judge instead approved a surprise bid of $7 million from another faith-healing charismatic, San Diego-based Morris Cerullo. The purchase brings new U.S. visibility to Cerullo, 58, who is far better known in the Third World. A flamboyant and apocalyptic preacher who converted from Judaism as a teenager, Cerullo runs revival meetings, Bible training courses and a daily TV show. He keeps secret how much money is raised for these ventures but boasts of being debt-free...
Though the 1952 project was a purely Protestant effort, the New R.S.V. team of translators (all unpaid) included five Roman Catholics, a Greek Orthodox and a Jew. Some editions will print only the 39 Old Testament books recognized by Protestantism and Judaism, while others will include additional books that Catholicism and Orthodoxy regard as Scripture. In time, a Catholic edition of the New R.S.V. is expected...
That was stunning confirmation of the depth of discontent many American Jews are now expressing openly, among them leaders of the Reform and Conservative branches of Judaism and scores of men and women who have held leadership positions in organizations ranging from B'nai B'rith to Hadassah. Though dissenting views are far from universal, "there is great sadness toward Israel shared by growing numbers of American Jews," observes John Ruskay, vice chancellor of public affairs of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan. "The sadness is that after 40 years and a Holocaust we end up occupying thousands of Palestinians...