er to work with youth if they are gay or lesbian. Following the decision of the CJLS today, the USCJ issued a statement that seems to say that they will soon reverse that policy:"Given the Law Committee's decision today, Rabbi Epstein (at left), who is United Synagogue's mara d'atra, has told United Synagogue's leadership that he sees no reason why we should not revise our hiring policies. Based on this conclusion, we may consider applicants for United Synagogue jobs no matter what their sexual orientation. United Synagogue's leadership will discuss the issue at its next scheduled meeting."
The response on the USCJ website seemed to say "Here here" to the CJLS vote. Actually it said "here" a few more times:
Halakhic Status of Gay Men and Lesbians
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards met to consider the halakhic status of gay men and lesbians. We respond to decisions made on December 6 here and here.
On August 24, in one of a series of panels to be held across North America, Rabbi Joel Roth and Rabbi Elliot Dorff discussed the issue. Click here and here to read newspaper articles about the panel. If you want to see a three-part video filmed that evening, click here for Part I, here for Part II and here for Part III. To see a guide to the video, click here.
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