Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal is the CEO of the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, two leading organizations of the Conservative/Masorti Movement.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
By Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
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