Task Force to Study the 1983 Resolution on Patrilineal Descent


Resolution Adopted by the CCAR

TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE 1983 RESOLUTION ON PATRILINEAL DESCENT

Adopted by the 107th Annual Convention of the

Central Conference of American Rabbis

March, 1996

WHEREAS, the Resolution on Patrilineal Descent adopted by the CCAR in 1983 has

had a significant impact upon our Movement,

BE IT RESOLVED, that we call upon the CCAR to appoint a Task Force to study

the impact of the 1983 resolution, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Task Force be mandated to report back no

later than the 1998 convention.