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REFORM
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in America. It was also the Re-
form movement which succeeded
in establishing a permanent rab-
binical seminary. The others often
proposed seminaries: Leeser actu-
ally established one, Mairmonides
College in Philadelphia, but he
(lied shortly thereafter, and then
it languished and died. The He-
brew Union College, founded by
the Reform group in 1875, was
thus the first rabbinical seminary
in America to thrive.
In the course of the years since
its establishment it has gradu-
ated some four hundred rabbis
who have become leaders in the
Jewish and general community
wherever they have gone. The
early Reform rabbis from Ger-
many, the graduates of the He-
brew Union College, and the Cen-
tral Conference of American Rab-
bis, the first permanent rabbinical
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beauty, dignity, and inspiration. brought to every avenue of religi- the National Sisterhood, Brother.
in America. ous expression. Unfortunately so hood and Youth movements, pio.
conference (organized in 1889), Reform sav ed worship
it did so not only by many of us, even Reform Jews, neering in religious extension to
brought sound Jewish leadership
Of course
supporting the
to American life. These men not eliminating but also by adding have taken for granted the force small towns,
r He_
i College , intoducing
prevalent notion of Jewish life today, Only when brew Unon
only knew the past but also had
in ways
Prayerbook
and,
A
creating.
we look back do we realize that the Union
vision of the future. They taught and
that
Reform
only man's
eliminated,
and- Reform Judaism has been primar- too numerous to mention, has
is
therore
a
lazy
religion,
Jews to respect Judaism and
fact the ily responsible for most of the brought great development to Re-
brought respect for Judaism from is entirely erroneous. In
ial and in- form and served as the pattern
prime essence of Reform was that new creative ceremons
the general world.
Jewish life. for other religious unions.
With such able leadership the it built and created new ideas, stitutions of American
Unn ofmight
ve
ee d thethis Unionio
Ind,
Reading
further
the
history of
intelligent and educated Jews new values, new and beautiful
Americ
haan
become
ceremonials
and
institutions.
We
the
past
of
Jewish
life
in
our
among the laity were not driven
Israel had not the accident of his.
from the synagogue, but were at- have already written (Liberal Ju- country, we find that virtually all
ugh or g
i ntervened. Althoan-
daism.
August,
1943),
of
how
Re-
the
institutions
of
Jewish
life-
tracted to it, for their progressive
ized by Reform Jews, it was o pen
form
saved
the
Sabbath,
through
hospitals,
orphan
asylums,
social
tory
ideas were the same as those of
th—thoug
b to all groups, and many promin-
the Bnai
the synagogue. Thus a group of its insistence on Sabbath rest and agencsies, ifically
Bried by the ent Conservative and Orthodox in-
father
the leading Jews of the United introduction of the late Friday n ot pec
by dividuals and congregations joined
States were saved for Judaism. evening service and its various Reform movement, were led
with it at first. By 1881, of the
Certainly we discover, in examin- beautiful ceremonials. And so it Reform Jews, and were more dis-
See REFORM—Page 16
ing the congregational records and was right through the calendar of gram
tinctly than
a part
the Reform
pro-
te h of
program
of other
Jewish newspapers of this period, Holy Days.
s also Reform which
after Reform had had its influence
People
ye opie actually sit through the groups. It wa
upon American life, that the rec- whole Yom Kipper service in Re- brought that much needed develop-
.' es and conver- foi ,m
cong g
re ations because it is ment to American Jewish life—re-
ord i of ntermari
lag
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sions dropped startlingly from meaningful throughout. Sukos has ligious Union. All far-sighted Jews
that of the early days. Though no been revitalized with the conse- realized that this was essent;a1 to
exact statistics are available, it is oration ceremony and the modern bring order and progress out of
fairly safe to say that the rate Hakofos. New beautiful ceremon- the chaos that was American Juda-
was only about 2 per cent, and ials in the synagogue, the play in ism. Other groups tried but were
this in fact was counterbalanced the school, and the cumulative unsuccessful because of internal
ing.
by the many conversions that took presentation of gifts, has kept bicker
Thefi permanent religious
"Shur-Good" Brand
ity to Judaism. (Tarshish, The gillah has revived Purim worship. union in America was the Union
CRACKERS, COOKIES and
Rise of American Judaism, pp. The Union Haggadah has made of American Hebrew Congrega-
322-329; Elzas, Jewish Marriage the Passover Seder completely in- tions, founded in 1873. Following
PRETZELS
American tradition, it did not
Notices from the Newspapers of teresting, and Shovuos has had the
Charleston, S. C.; Israelite, Oct. new birth through the confirms- attempt to gain absolute control
1124 OAKMAN BLVD.
been over its constituent congregations,
19, 1869, p. 124; Trustees' Min- tion ceremony. Sabbaths have var
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but has acted as an advisory bo( Y,
utes, Bene Israel, Cincinnati. Nov. made intet introduction
Eman- through the
Minutes,
9, 1848;
uel,
New Trustees'
York, May
5, 1864, Sept. erhood, Sisterhood, Youth, Bnai publishing textbooks, establishing
6, 1866; Glazer, Jews of Iowa; Brith, Boy Scout Sabbath, and so
on. The tremendous power of worn-
Felsenthal and Eliassof, History anhood has been brought to relig-
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219; Allgemeine Zeitung, Vol. 23 tion of Temple Sisterhoods is the
(1859), p. 36, Vol. 27 (1863), p. largest Jewish women's organiza-
232, Vol. 32 (1868), p. 620; Die tion in the world dedicated to re-
Neuzeit, Vol. 9 (1869), p. 159, ligious endeavor. Younger men
Vol. 12 (1872), p. 456; and Kohler, have been trained to leadership in
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etc.)
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of a choir and family pews and Orthodox schools. Again it was Re-
f
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the service from one of long, un- worshtp with the now widely pop-
intelligble boredom to one of ular Message of Israel. This very
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