Down at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Steve Jacobs, the rabbi of Temple Emanu-El was always a big hit with the students.  I listened one day after class as he chatted with students. One bright young lady asked shyly, "Rabbi Jacobs, I really have been interested in the things you say, would I be allowed to come to your synagogue for services?"

Steve turned to the young woman and smiled.  "At the top of our building," he said, "it is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.'"

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