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New York (JTA) — A com-
mission representing the ma-
jor institutions of Conser-
vative Judaism has issued the
first common statement of
principles in the movement's
143-year history.
The document, "Emet Ve-
emunah" (Truth and Belief),
includes the movement's posi-
tions on belief in God, the
role of women in Judaism,
religious pluralism and the
Conservative approach to
Halachah, or Jewish law. It
essentially reaffirms declared
individual positions of the
movement.
Drafted over the past two-
and-half years, the document
was last week issued jointly
by the Rabbinical Assembly,
the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary and the United Syna-
gogue of America, the rab-
binical, seminarian and con-
gregational institutions,
respectively, of the movement,
with an estimated two mil-
lion adherents in the United
States.
Among its highlights is a
statement of Conservative
Judaism's position toward
Israel, which maintains that
Israel is not the center of
modern Jewish life, but rath-
er plays an essential role
in a partnership with the
Diaspora.
The document also calls on
the State of Israel to change
its existing laws recognizing
the religious authority only of
Orthodox rabbis.
Also related to the discus-
sion of religious pluralism is
a proposal for an increase in
intra-Jewish cooperation. The
statement proposes the for-
mation of more local boards of
rabbis and of a national, as
well as local, intra-Jewish
batei din, or religious courts,
to decide issues such as con-
version and the granting of
religious divorces.
While the statement of
principles "pays tribute" to
the expanded role of women
in Conservative Judaism, it
acknowledges that their func-
tioning as rabbis and cantors
has not been universally ac-
cepted among Conservative
leaders. The JTS decided to
ordain women as rabbis in
1983 and to grant women can-
torial degrees beginning in
1987.
Israeli-Hungarian
Ties Resumed
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Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel and
Hungary re-established diplo-
matic ties last week with the
establishment of interest sec-
tions in Budapest and Tel
Aviv respectively. Interest
sections are the lowest level of
diplomatic representation,
but nevertheless these sec-
tions marks a resumption of
ties broken by Hungary dur-
ing the 1967 Six-Day War.
A Hungarian representa-
tive, Jerri Genish, handed his
letter of appointment to
Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres in Jerusalem,
while Shlomo Merom, an
Israeli diplomat with the
rank of ambassador, did the
same at the Foreign Ministry
in Budapest.
Israel's Budapest office will
operate from the Swiss Em-
bassy there. The Hungarian
section in Israel will be
located at the Swedish Em-
bassy in Tel Aviv.
The freeze between Israel
and the Communist bloc
countries seems to be thaw-
ing. Israel and Poland es-
tablished interest sections in
Warsaw and Tel Aviv last
year. A Soviet consular mis-
sion has been in Israel since
last June and an Israeli mis-
sion of similar rank will be
going to Moscow within a
month.
Stereotypes
Are Decried
New York — Jews, both Or-
thodox and non-Orthodox,
and Jews from both Israel and
the Diaspora, must use every
possible means to overcome
their ignorance and stereo-
types about each other, in the
view of an international sym-
posium of experts who met
recently at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem.
Some 300 people attended
the conference, whose par-
ticipants included Am-
bassador Avraham Harmon,
chancellor of Hebrew Univer-
sity; Mayor Teddy Kollek;
Knesset Member Shulamit
Aloni; Ely Rubinstein,
secretary of the Israeli
cabinet, and Prof. Shlomo
Avineri, former director-
general of the Israeli Foreign
Ministry.