The Jewish Week website reports today (April 21, 2012) that gay and lesbian students will be ordained as Conservative rabbis in Israel.
The Board of Trustees of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary voted on April 19 to accept gay and lesbian students for ordination beginning with the 2012-13 academic year.
"The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary views the serious process leading to this decision as an example of confronting social dilemmas within the framework of tradition and halachah," -- or Jewish law -- Hanan Alexander, chair of the seminary Board of Trustees, said in a statement.
Alexander added, "This decision highlights the institution's commitment to uphold halachah in a pluralist and changing world."
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