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Interfaith couples could marry in shul

July 26, 2012 14:48

BySimon Rocker, Simon Rocker

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Mixed-faith wedding celebrations could take place on synagogue premises under new guidelines approved by the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK.

Assembly chairman Rabbi Mark Goldsmith said this week: “It is not impossible for them to take place in a synagogue building, but it is unlikely. The synagogue would need to make the choice.”

Until now, Reform rabbis faced expulsion from the assembly if they participated in a ceremony with a Jewish and non-Jewish partner.

But rabbis can now play a role in celebrations that accompany a civil wedding under certain conditions — although the assembly emphasised that it maintained “clear opposition” to such involvement.