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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Rabbi Richard Jacobs of Scarsdale, N.Y. was tapped to be the new president of the Union for Reform Judaism. (Union for Reform Judaism)

For new Reform leader Richard Jacobs, big tent movement is the idea

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished March 24, 2011

NEW YORK (JTA) -- For the man tapped to lead American Jewry's largest religious denomination, keeping the movement's 900-plus synagogues welcoming to the unaffiliated, inspiring for members and a home for disaffected traditional Jews may require a high-wire...

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