Reform Assembly Adopts Resolution to Encourage Missioniziug of Converts (From JTA and News Services to The Jewish News) SAN FRANCISCO—At least one —and possibly two—controversial issue has come out of the 48th biennial general assembly. of the Union of American Hebrew Con- gregations here. The first is an adopted resolu- tion calling on the Reform move- ment in America to proselytize and "missionize converts to Juda- ism among the unsynagogued and unchurched," the first time in 1,- 700 years that Jews will seek openly to convert people to their faith. The second is the announced in- troduction of a course in Reform religious schools which will take up such moral and ethical ques- tions as sexual behavior. The course will be offered to the Re- form congregational schools in February, marking the first time that such curriculum material will be taught in any Jewish religious school. Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the UAHC, who made the proposal on proselytization, suggested to the 3,000 lay and rab- binic delegates here, representing 664 Reform temples as well as temple men's clubs and sister- hoods, that a special committee be forined for the proselytization drive. The proposal was adopted as part of the resolution on the subj ect. (In his address, Rabbi Eisendrath also called on the Reform move- ment to take "a forthright stand" to put an end to what he called "second-class status" accorded to the Reform and Conservative rab- bis in Israel. Discussing domestic American affairs, he warned against a possible resurgence of "neo-McCarthyism" in the United States." The course relating the ethi- cal and moral values of Judaism w i 11 answer questions con- fronted daily by youngsters, such as sexual behavior, family conflicts and intermarriage. Members of the UAHC board of trustees, meeting in connection with the general assembly of the UAHC and 25th assembly of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, were told in a report by Rabbi Alexander Schindler, director of education of t h e UAHC, that "such curriculum ma- terial will be taught for the first time in any Jewish religious school (Conservative, Orthodox or Reform). "Only a few church schools are teaching such subjects today. Our young people demanded such a course and contrary to what many people believe, most public schools do not have any kind of planned sex education," he said. The material is contained in a new volume to be published this week by the UAHC department of education. The book is "Con- secrated Unto Me," by Rabbi Ro- land B. Gittelsohn of Temple Is- rael of Boston, who has taught such a course to his confirmants. The convention heard a report anouncing plans for the construc- tion in Haifa of a $2,500,000, "liberally oriented" high school, named after the late Rabbi Leo Baeck. The school would be a major step, it was stated, "in ad- vancing non-Orthodox Judaism in Israel and dramatizing a new era of Reform Judaism's desires to further the causes of the state of Israel." At several workshops and study forums, delegates to the parley discussed a reevaluation of Reform Judaism's theological beliefs and religious practices in the face of contemporary pro- blems posed by the current sci- entific and technical develop- ments. Sessions were devoted to discus- sions of art, music, the dance and drama in Jewish religious life; and to an examination of the results of the recent Catholic church ac- tion for improvement of relations with the Jews. Other resolutions were con- cerned with condemnation of anti- Jewish persecutions in the Soviet Union, condemnation of Arab tac- tics in the Middle East and a state- ment on Jewish family life, in- cluding divorce, birth control, abortion and homosexuality. Congress was called upon to adopt a resolution "urging the So- viet Union to cease discrimination of any kind against its 3,000,000 Jews." At the same time, the plenary session asked its 664 member con- gregations to "pledge their ener- gies to an intensified educational campaign, in concert with all other Jewish organizations associated in the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry to inform and mobilize public opinion in our Spur Growth of Israel's Railroads country and Ashdod Port Opening Speeded throughout the world." Irwin Fane, chairman of the UAHC board of trustees, ex- pressed "dismay" at the "empty promises" made by the Soviet authorities in recent months in which they indicated that condi. tions of the Jews in their coun- try were improving. He charged that "instead of im- provements, we have witnessed the shocking performance of the Soviet delegation to the United Nations which last month flung an outrageous insult at the Jew- ish people by linking Zionism with Nazism under the rubric of hatred and inhumanity. Even Communists in various parts of the Western world have labeled this as mon- strous. "The Soviet government must be put on notice," he continued, "that it cannot hope to misguide the world Jewish community of public opinion generally with empty promises, or even with token concessions. It can expect nothing less than the ceaseless and persistent demands by liberal hu- manitarians all over the world for a full restoration of rights to So- viet Jewry." At Monday night's session, the UAHC launched a $2,000,000 cam- paign for establishment of a reli- gious art center in New York for the creation of various artistic pro- jects dealing with Jewish religious and cultural themes. The center will encourage member congrega- tions to utilize newly created works, including music and drama, "to deepen and enrich religious worship and experience." An evening of modern liturgi. cal music which marked the world premieres of two Amer- ican works for chorus and or- chestra was presented before the delegates. The new port of Ashdod, built in large part with Israel Bond assistance, will be open to the ships of the world later this year. Here we see a frogman at work on one of the newly-built piers. Ashdod will serve as the major port for the Negev, permitting the faster shipment of exports from that region. Israel Bonds have also aided in the development of the ports at Eilat and Haifa, Excessive Use of Words Rudolph Flesch, the word ex- pert, warns against excessive use of words that are currently in high fashion. "Fad" words this season that are anathema to Prof. Flesch include "catalyst, concept, empathy, escalation, mystique, pro- liferation, rationale, serendipity and viable." IF YOU TURN THE •IF ••• (1 UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T FIND A FINER WINE THAN Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich. NOBODY UNDERSELLS WOODY PONTIAC "AND DON'T EVER FORGET IT!" COME ON OVER —WILL YOU? WE WANT TO SELL YOU A. NEW PONTIAC! TWINBROOK 1-1600 JOS. CAMPAU at CARPENTER The concert, "Sing Unto the Lord a New Song," included the West Coast premiere of Leonard Bernstein's "The Chichester Psalms." Concert guests also saw William Schuman's poem "Judith" performed as a concerto for solo dancer and orchestra, and the first performance anywhere of "Let Us Remember," a new cantata with text by Langston Hughes and music by David Amram, dedicated to those who have given their life for freedom in all times, in all countries. Edward G. Robinson flew up Half Mile South of Davison MINUTE S HA NGRI-L from Los Angeles to narrate a script by Paul Kresh which linked the musical selections. The Amer- ican Conference of Cantors pre- sented an award to young Amer- ican composer Charles Morrow for a musical work based on a passage from the Book of Deu- teronomy. Israel's network of rail transportation is being steadily expanded with the aid of Israel Bonds to link new centers of economic develop- ment in the Negev with the country's main arteries of commerce. Shown here are workmen completing a new rail line at Dimona which will join that industrial town with Beersheba, the capital of the Negev, and Oron, Israel's phosphate-producing center. The new rail- way, which is being financed in part by Israel Bond funds, will provide swift and inexpensive transportation for the heavy bulk loads from quarries and mineral plants in the Negev. At the National Federation of Temple Sisterhood assembly, a plea that sisterhood leaders and members strive toward in- creased attendance at syangogue worship services, participation in study classes and program com- mittees in the coming year was made by Mrs. Irving E. Hello- bow, Chicago, president. The president told her audience of the new and expanded inter- religious climate developed by the ecumenical spirit of the times. "Our peers within the Protestant and Catholic world sincerely wish not only to meet with us but to work with us," she said. 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