FINANCIAL PROBLEMS GETTING THE BEST OFYOU? Jews Differ On Gay Ruling NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish groups on opposite sides of the same-sex marriage debate reacted to a federal court's decision to repeal California's Proposition 8, which defines mar- riage as only between a man and woman. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in a state- ment stated, "Traditional Jewish val- ues recognize marriage as being only between a man and woman." Meanwhile, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism offered a statement welcoming the judge's rul- ing as a decision that "reaffirms the strong commitment to equality upon which our nation is built." U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker last week ruled that Prop 8 is uncon- stitutional, saying that the freedom to marry "is recognized as a fundamen- tal right protected by the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution." "Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriage on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is uncon- stitutional," Walker, in San Francisco, said in his ruling. The O.U. statement added, "In addition to our religious values — which we do not seek to impose on anyone — we fear legal recognition of same-sex 'marriage' poses a grave threat to the fundamental civil right of religious freedom. "Forcing a choice between faith and the law benefits no one it added, concluding that the OU looked for- ward to the appeals process. In the statement from the Religious Action Center, associate director Mark Pelavin said, "We know, of course, that this decision will be reviewed by other courts, including in all likelihood, the U.S. Supreme Court. And we know that long march to full marriage equality will not be uninterrupted; there will be victories such as we celebrate today as well as setbacks. "But it becomes clearer every day that we are now, finally and bless- edly, on a road that is destined to end with justice for gay and lesbian Americans." Women In Torah Protest JERUSALEM (JTA) — Women of the Wall has launched a global campaign to support their right to pray with Torah scrolls at the Western Wall. The Jerusalem-based group wants 10,000 Jewish women around the world to send photos of themselves holding Torah scrolls to key Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky. The campaign is to show that Jewish women are free to hold Torah scrolls everywhere except at the Wall, Judaism's most holy site. The campaign was inspired by the July 12 arrest of the group's leader, Anat Hoffman, who was taken into custody for holding a Torah scroll at the Wall. An Israeli Supreme Court ruling forbids women reading from a Torah scroll at the site. The photos are being sent with a message that reads, in part: "Women of the Wall are not alone. Our daughters and our rabbis, our mothers and our grandmothers, our cantors and our teachers hold the Torah, read from the Torah, and study the Torah every day. Only in Jerusalem do women pray with fear and only in Jerusalem are women treated as crimi- nals for practicing Judaism:" The campaign began after Tisha b'Av on July 19 and extends through Simchat Torah, which ends Oct 1. Jewish Boxer Plans Fight NEW YORK (JTA) — Dmitriy Salita will make his return to the ring on a box- ing card he is pro- moting. Dmitriy Salita Salita, 28, an Orthodox Jewish boxer from Brooklyn, N.Y., said at a news conference Aug. 3 that he will fight Sept. 1 at the Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, the venue of his first profes- sional bout. 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