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Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image and

Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kavod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006 teshuva of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards cites this principal to annul the rabbinic prohibitions relating to homosexuality and

Background

Over the past four decades the Rabbinical Assembly has consistently supported reproductive freedom.  This support is firmly based on our members’ understanding of relevant biblical and rabbinic sources as well as teshuvot – modern rabbinic responses.