Lay leaders of Nottingham Hebrew Congregation are pressing ahead with plans to join the London-based United Synagogue despite the steadfast opposition of the community's rabbi.
In a letter to members, Nottingham's acting president Stuart Joseph wrote that a "large majority" of the executive had last week approved a deal with the US.
However, he apologised for postponing a ballot of Nottingham's membership - due to have been held this month - on whether to support the move. The agreement with the US was "still in draft and needs the US and NHC [Nottingham] solicitors to finalise it before it can be presented to the US trustees and to our membership".
The delay in putting the proposal to a members' vote would be "for a short period while those actions are concluded", Mr Joseph added. "I know this will be a big disappointment to most members as they have already seen one delay."
