Report: Jewish unity, cooperation on rise
by NEW YORK (JTA) -- Despite the divisions that run among the streams of Judaism, a recent report shows that some clergy are making, A report released last week by the North American Boards of Rabbis illustrates numerous examples of cooperation between denomina
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NABOR was formed in February 1999 by Rabbi Marc Schneier, who is now the group's president. While not maintaining an official membership list, NABOR has connection to more than 50 local boards of rabbis of all denominations.
"There was a need to demonstrate that there is an increasing number of rabbis" of all denominations "who are making concerted efforts to recognize the strengths that comes from our similarities," Schneier said.
All over the country, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis team up to deliver lectures and courses in Judaism, and promote common causes, the second annual report said.
For example:
In Sylvania, Ohio, Reform, Lubavitch, Orthodox and Conservative rabbis met last December to discuss the Hebrew curriculum for the Toledo Board of Jewish Education.
In Houston, a large Orthodox synagogue allows the use of its mikvah for Conservative and Reform rabbis.
In Miami, "Project Unity" brings together Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis for Torah studies and group discussion.
"There is a perception that the rabbinate is a dysfunctional family in a house divided," Schneier said. "That is simply not the case."
Rosenbaum called nationwide attempts at cooperation between the Jewish streams a "spiritual peace process for American Jewry."
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