THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 30, 1971-17
Conservative, Reform Unify Efforts to Attract Youth
Rabbi Albert Thaler, president gious persuasions in the state of
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the
of
the Metropolitan Council, as- Israel. They added, "We believe
first time, Conservative and Re-
that we have a contribution to
form rabbis in the tri-state area serted "we must discard the old offer Israel's spiritual growth and
conceptions
of
Jewish
education.
will combine forces to develop
development no less than the ma-
Jewish education programs aimed This should apply to all forms, not terial support we have .assumed
at attracting young people back to the classroom alone." He consid- as a sacred obligation."
ered it essential to involve young
the synagogue and Jewish life.
people in development of such new
A joint statement issued by the
programs.
New York Association of Reform
Rabbi Thaler, of the Queensboro
Rabbis and the Metropolitan Coun-
cil of the Rabbinical Assembly Jewish Community Center, Queens,
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called for the creation of a "crash noted that during the past 15 years
Jewish
religious
institutions
erred
program of Jewish education to
reach young people to understand in pouring such vast sums into the
and identify with Judaism." The building of immense synagogue
declaration resulted from the first buildings. He said, "We have build-
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historic gathering by both Rabbi- ings without young people, who
nic associations at an all-day neither study nor worship with us."
meeting studying common con-
The rabbis said that not
cerns and problems. The rabbis enough was being done to help
stressed the need for greater co- So v i et Jews "commensurate
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operation and closer working rela- with the financial, spiritual or
tions among their respective rab- material resources capable of
binical bodies, c i t i n g that the being mustered by the Jewish
economic crises, shortage of trained community." They expressed
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manpower "demands such unity." "gratification" at the increased
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While emphasizing that such
the USSR authorities, and hoped
common efforts did not imply a
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that the Soviet government
merger, the Reform and Conser-
would
continue
"to
expand
the
vative rabbis noted, "there are
opportunity for any Jew who
many overriding crucial issues
wants to leave to do so," and
involving the Jewish community
called for "full freedom of reli-
which we can and must face to-
gious and cultural expression to
gether." In their statement, the
those who choose to remain in
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rabbis said, "the alienation of
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our youth and their defection
from the synagogue is in large
The rabbis also called for free
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measure the result of the ignor- religious opportunities for all reli-
ance of their heritage. They have
`turned off.' Rather, they have
never been 'turned on.' The fail-
ure is not theirs — it is ours."
Both groups appointed a com-
mittee to develop common pro-
.grams in the area of Jewish edu-
cation and other fields. They stated
that the process to create pro-
grams for Jewish education would
"take time" and that the best
available minds should be sought,
including those of young people.
Rabbi Herbert Rose, president of
the Reform Rabbinic Association,
called for the utilization of -experi-
mental pedagogic techniques and
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to pattern educational programs
according to the language.of young
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Rabbi Rose, of Temple Or Elo-
him, Jericho, N.Y., suggested that
in recruiting young people the
teaching of Judaism be the prime
concern, not finaicial support of
the synagogue, "We , should wel-
come any youngster into our youth
groups and high school classes at
a nominal, charge or no cost at
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'LONDON (JTA) — A pro-Arab
faction of the Liberal Party was
forced to call off a two-day semi-
nar in support of Palestinian Arabs
when the National Liberal Club
cancelled its room reservations.
Coss Bilson, club secretary, said
the group, which calls itself "Lib-
erals for Palestine," failed to in-
form the club of the nature of the
seminar and violated club rules by
publicizing an event to take place
on its premises without permis-
sion.
The seminar was organized in
connection with a Palestine Soli-
darity rally in Trafalgar Square
May 15.
A spokesman for the pro-Arab
group said it was too late to re-
schedule the seminar in more hos-
pitable quarters.
Bilson said the Liberal Club
acted because of "a lack of
frankness" on the part of the
"Liberals for Palestine." But he
conceded that the club came un-
der heavy pressure when the
seminar was announced in the
press.
"We have quite a few Jewish
members and the subject matter
of the meeting would plainly have
been objectionable to them," Bil-
son said.
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