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Liberal Judaism In America

life. It is, today, gradually losing this
renter too; yet we need not grieve too
greatly. For we Reform Jews must
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learn again the old truth, that Judi,'
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Address Divered
by
Dr.
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in London.
ism is something more than synagogue.
College , at the International Conference oaf
attendant, and repeating, even though
its Americo stands today about where in the vernacular, prayer: 11/alliti1 1 11111 I
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Reform Judain
Operated by
, third goleration, or rather stands now Reform Judaism stood hl year,. ago. HMI (01111111, something far more than
t'hurch and a cooed,rest' , id fort
upon the threshhold of its fourth. The And Reform Judaism in turn is
cum idling task of the first generation slowly inaugurating a program of in- Sabbaths an d special holi days, that I
and cub ternal growth and spiritual efilarge• above all else it is a way of life, life,
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tural adaption. They brought Reform moot. A new leadership is monition, in all its phases and coMplexities.
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Judaism with them from Germany to assert itself, young nom. largely
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and held fast to it throughout their college bred, spiritually aspiring, with congregational
membership, there' n
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of
birth,
vaguely
discon-
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a relative decrease in syn- ' l. ,. i '
lifetime. They spoke liernian among
',twins
to
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Their spiritual leaders tented with what has, and neon mire agoguy attendance and Sabbath ,J, 6
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were German born and trained, and to wit what him not been accomlish
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large extent remained permanently thuss far. Already woo
Years of trial, Sunday services too still
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the conditions and lift it still further and more positive- ability do till their temples, al lnie iter-
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ly above the 'confines uf mechanical ally, others tiguratixely; but as a rule
needs of Judaism ill AIM/Hell, ranging
al blief HMI
from strongly conservative to moles. l conformity to traon e
this is only in the larger cities, xvhcn
radical. All of thin. contained I Ilrartil'eo and, reaffirming
-es of attendance, both
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• ately
a German translation of the prayers, direct terms, Judaism's basic spiritual t he and non-Jewish, Orr 181111lotrat
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HMI ethical principles. to lopplj ly inexhaustibly. And in alionsf oci i t
their first editions. I racti- S111.1111
at least
these to the (1,1111,0101g problems of
the successful Sunday w e tter
rally all sermons -Were German,, not life, both Jewish and general. Moore
only in language but also in form and or less consciously they would make means the eventual surrender of Ho'
Sabbath. It means ton the prautti:t,
spirit.
Judaism truly a religion of today, substitution of the signiori, or ratlit•I
• The second genoation began with modern not only in creed, in form of the lecture, all too often nondescript
the establishment of the Union of Am- worship and in educational methods,
n also and equally in the «Instruc- and non-Jewish in character mill con-
erican Hebrew Congregatio s in
but
ritual, of «I
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' and the Hebrew Union College i n tive application of its principles and tent, for the
which occasionally in the case of
(IV-
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teachings to all of life. And this they ly-conserrated rabbis heroines Jovish!
604 WOODWARD, Near CONGRESS
al 'HMS of Isaac M. Wise, the far-vis- would do with full consciousness of instruction, for prayer and worship.I
ioned seer, the pioneer builder, the Judaism's true nature a nd doctrine
constructive leader of Reform Juda- 111111 with the principles Of its histori- It is a significant development.
With this, of course, goes hand in
ism in America. They marked the cal development as their constant
end of the first period of nondescript guide. In their program above all hand a disregard and steadily increas-
ing
ignorancy of traditional ceremon ,
growl h. They meant unity, co-opera- else Judaism must remain thoroughly
ies and institutions. Even the Kati-,
, tion arid systematic progress, under and perpan•ntly Jewish.
dish,
to which Reform Judaism, large-
t rained leaders, understanding the
As a result of this gradual clover,
American life and spirit, backed by genet. of these various grooms and ly through exaggerated sentiment, ac- I
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ms w000iov%s%%% strong organization, with a C111111111111 forces in American Jewry alai of the l/01•111.d diSlIE01101/0111111tl.
luring its 1111111. Many temples have
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.4 i interpretation of Judaism will 11 com- sw but sure formulation of this pos- is introduced
the
maudlin
practice
of I
e!! now program. It must have seemed itive program, a new Judaism prom-
having the entire congregation stand
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Ito many that the future of Reform ises to lie born in America in time, a for Kaddish, in order, as it is usually
Judaism in America was Dow easy Judaism which will probably differ
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said, "to spare the mourners the env '
front present Reform Judaism almost barrassment of being too conspicu-1
0 1 and sure.
lint even before the first class had as much as it, Will filter from Ortho- tilts." On the other hand, be it said
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• raduat ed from the Hebrew Union done a Judaism which will be modern with satisfaction, a few old ceremon-
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f'ollege the Ilr, ffilmn
I positive, mon,tructive, thoroughly Jew- ial institutions. particularly those
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plicattol.
Jewish moss nfinagration to I ish and thoroughly religious. humor-
SOUial note, such as
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America from Eastern Europe began tent therefore to realize that in Amer- with
the Kiddush and the Seder, are being
e
in 10'2 and c o ntinued uninterrupted- ion at least Reform Judaism is not a oloserved in steadily increasing nions-
ly for l0 years. Today these latest tinality, that it is in a transition
stage
Pelee A. iloldeeith
and ure. And, 14 course, the confirmation,
Judaism
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Jewish immigrants and their children from
Reform Judaism's chief, positive rit-
outnumber the descendants of the first sixteenth centuries to the Judaism of ual creation, still retains much of its
11101/0 thall the •twentieth, or perhaps, if the evii-
, r lion of Iteform
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pristine power, despite a manifest ten-
lution be too hard and slow, of the dency to conventionalize the manner
12 to one.
These newcomers brought with them twenty-first century.
of its observance and reduce it to the
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' a type of Judaism commonly desig-
With this realization we «in under- level of a children's performance. A
I nate(' as "Orthodox." Actually it is stand better many of the present ten-
inclination is also evident to
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naught but the mediaeval Judaism of denci•s in Reform Judaism in Amer- shift the confirmation service from
i1 Ithe sixteenth century, forced in the ica. There is above all a pronounced Shabuoth to the Sunday preceding,
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chiefly flat Of d r f rrrnce III h usinrss
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I of Eastern Eur ope to maintifin itself slowly developing into al COB V it- Ca la, condit ions.
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This is to certify that the processes of cleaning
used by the Pioneer Laundry are examined by us
1 through the nneteenth an into the that Reform Judaism today is not ado"
more
definitely
does
this
dis-
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by mod- gusto. This discontent is not so much content
at regular intervals, and after each analysis we
II I twentieth century u ntouched
express itself with the liturgy
,'
find an absence of elements which are injurious to
ern enlightenment and progress, as today, as it was unquestinably a dec- of Ittoforin• Judaism, The Union
under
similar
conditions
it
had
had
to
the lasting quality of the most delicate fabrics.
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ade ago, with our lot as Jews. Today Prayer llook, now a quarter of a cen-
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The plant is found at all times to be in a clean
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eighteenth century. The very name that as Jews we are a minority and five years ago. The prevailing opin-
and sanitary condition.
"Orthodox" implies a more or less con- victims of nutnifold discrimination and ion today is that this revision Was in-
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genius opposition to Reform. Not that prejudice. Some would still cast off adequate. Stylistically the new edi-
' i n« l in t this the burden of the Jew by apostaS) , and tion shows some improvement. Spiri-
the name was new and ro
There had been self-obliteration, but their number. ally it is little richer than its first
me
I particular moment
tu
and
still
s
a
native,
spontaneous
Arn- 'rows steadily smaller. Intermarriage e o dition. Many claim that the prayers
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I, erican Orthodox Judaism which began exists, of course, and probably even and the entire liturgy are too theolog-
THE POUND
'.t to differenjiate itself from Reform increases slowly, but toot in every ctis ical, conventional and formal; they
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shortly after establishment of the- children lost to Judaism. Rut beyond ditional Hebrew text and order, and
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Hebrew Union College. It represents all this then, is among us a far more therefore, even though usually para.
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a consciously orthodox reaction to the pronounced and assertive Jewish self- phases, they abound in expressions
Si conditions and a proposed orthodox so- c onseiousness, a realization, and even and ideas largely meaningless to and
• lution of the problem , which Ameri- a pride that, he our destiny what it inharmonious with niodern thought.
1 can life and environment impose upon may, we belong inescapably to the Again, these prayers seem to live too
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Judaism. But unlike ths, the Ortho- great household of Israel, and have a much in Israel's past, to lay too con-
dox Judaism of these newest immi- direct part and responsibility in its stant emphasis upon the faith and
gl'arits WaS Mid IS H IlegatiV1' Oft1111- future.
merits id the fathers 111111 . Uplal the
doxy in America, in that it was
This present disco tent nutnifests long story of Israel's martyrdom, to
moulded in a foreign environment and itself rather with Judaism Os a mod- speak too persistently of 'Israr.I as a
has not yet had time to react definitely ern religion. Quite a n umber of so- people, and to magnify beyond all re-
to its 115 . W American environment. Its called Jewish intellectuals still ardent- ality the doetrine of Israel's missinn.
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program is, of course, uncompromis- ly proclaiming Jewish group affilia- The prayers are too remote, both in
ing and unchanging perpetuation of tions, have ceased to observe Judaism
mediaeval Jewish belief and practice as a religion. This fact has distressed
in America.
not a little many of our leaders, who I
These newcomers came to America forget that in every forward 11111%,-
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Into this new life they had tacts and stray from the path.
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to tit themselves speedily. In true
More expressive of this discontent
Jewish spirit their Reform brethren, is t he gradually diminishing role of
themselves well established economi- the synagogue in Jewish life. It has
cally, hearkened readily to the imper- low been a dictum of Reform Judaism
ative claim of Jewish brotherhood. that the synagogue is the basic insti-
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tution of Judaism and the center of
means generously and as a matter of Jewish life. The synagogue is the cen-
principle In the aid of their kinsmen. ter of Judaism insofar as it expresses
A system of Jewish philanthropy was itself in general assembly and public
quickly evolved, SO wisely organized worship. But Judaism has had other
and efficiently administered that it be. centos also, each quite as important
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al social service work of America. and true expression, the home the
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i end is not yet!
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a result, natural and inevitable.
'the promise of .10 years ago is ntil
. unfilled. Some progress has beer
made of course. But where the prole
' gem M111 duty were so overwhelmingly
those of economic habilitation and col- I
t arml assimilation, the work of inter-
nal religious and spiritual upbuilding
had perform , to take second plat.,
What progress was made was largely
fortuitous. Many problems clinhisot-
dal American Reform Judaism today I
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and many of its peculiar phenomena
:tie the fruits of this long period of
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sided by the contribution, of the East
European Jews. They have given to
Irolaism in America the assurance of
eventual numerical expansion and
st rength for beyond the limits of the
original German Jewish group. But
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•lo'wish uniqueness, and a sense of
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onism are ',lowly giving way to under-
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doxy', both native and foreign, is build•
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