The church needs to be there, of all organizations, . . . to help launch . . . Most religious leaders seem to agree that counseling couples before they walk down the aisle is perhaps the best defense against divorce. Lynn Levy, the director of pre-marital counseling for the UAHC's Department of Jewish Family Concerns in New York, said counseling before marriage is a common practice in Reform Jewish congregations. But time can be a limiting factor. She said the premarital counseling pilot to be launched this spring is the first of its kind among any of the denominations of Judaism and reflects the vision of the UAHC leadership.
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