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1998

22 Detroit Jewish News

Inside
Washington

JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent

Center For Reform

For years, the Reform movement
has had a Washington presence that's
been the envy of the other "streams"
of Judaism. The Religious Action
Center of Reform Judaism is some-
times mocked for its political cor-
rectness, but even its detractors say
the RAC has given the Reform
movement a strong and vigorous
voice in national affairs.
The Orthodox Union continues
inching toward opening a permanent
Washington office, and now the
same issue is percolating within the
Conservative movement.
The Rabbinical Assembly and the
United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism are engaged in a lengthy
process that Rabbi Seymour Essrog,
the RA president, says is coming
down to a fund-raising stage for a
Washington office modeled on RAC.
"I imagine we could work togeth-
er on a number of issues," he said.
"It's important not to duplicate
efforts because that would be a waste
of community funds. But ideologi-
cally, we have different positions on
a number of issues."
But he conceded that there is dis-
sent in Conservative circles over the
need for a Washington office.
"There are some people who feel
this is not the direction we should
go in."
Other Conservative sources say
the ongoing debate over religious
pluralisin in Israel has distracted the
Conservative movement from its
Washington effort. Differences
between the RA and the United
Synagogue, they say, have also been
a factor.
"Originally this was envisioned as
an office to serve the entire
Conservative movement while pro-
tecting the interests of the various
arms of the movement," said Rabbi
Jeff Moline, a leading Conservative
activist. "The problem is that insti-
tutional interests have made that
kind Of cooperation more difficult."

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