21.   The compromise also would have authorized Conservative and Reform rabbis to officiate at weddings, though the ceremonies would have to be witnessed by representatives of the Orthodox rabbinate.

22.   The institution is the Hebrew College Jewish Institute of Religion, which educates Reform rabbis and houses a Reform synagogue.

23.   Two Reform rabbis officiated and a Conservative cantor sang.

24.   When Leizerson, the Parliament member, called the Reform rabbis a disgrace, Fuchs yelled back that he was a disgrace, too.

25.   Orthodox rabbis have compared Reform Judaism to idolatry, and Reform rabbis are barred from performing weddings or serving on religious councils.

26.   Even said he and others appeared before the local Reform rabbis and asked them to go along with the U.S. resolution, but were turned down.

27.   Gay activists say that by turning down the option of sanctifying same-sex unions, Reform rabbis in Israel have pushed homosexuals even further away from organized religion.

28.   His stance was later endorsed by the Central Conference of American Rabbis, a national group of Reform rabbis, and has become the standard for many American Jews.

29.   In a campaign ad, Shas featured a newspaper clipping about a female Reform rabbi who officiated at a gay marriage.

30.   In contradiction of Orthodox practice, the Reform female rabbis wore prayer shawls, leather prayer cases on their right arm and forehead, and skull caps.