Summer in D.C.: Rabbis Join Crowd Storming the Hill

Forward, July, 1995 by Louis Jacobson

Louis Jacobson Forward 07-28-1995 Summer in D.C.: Rabbis Join Crowd Storming the Hill. WASHINGTON -- It's summer in Washington and Congress is overrun with legislators, lobbyists, tourists -- and rabbis. From disputes over the peace process and funding to the Palestine Liberation Organization to arguments over GOP plans to gut affirmative action and programs for the poor, hot-button items on the national agenda are spurring rabbis from all sides of the religious spectrum to flock to the capital and make their voices heard. To be sure, rabbis have long taken political stands on a wide range of issues, from the civil rights movement to the fate of Soviet Jews and, of course, the state of Israel.

For years, Reform rabbis have operated a full-time lobbying office in...

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