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The ('CAR studs found that
Reform rabbis in the United
States and Canada constitute a
generally satisfied professional
I Irt high, Juda,rn and called for study on the Reform Habit con
rouni,t China can plas ping-pong. group. but it is a satisfactioln
eioser tic, betwe•n th e H e t- , and ducted by Dr Theodore I Lenn ,-f Reform and Consersalise Judaism diminished by concern oser what
comers :disc branches
West Hartford. Conn , released and should he able to play chess. - he they see as a need to restone
Jewish religious life.
Rabbi David Polish of Evan- discussed at thi four
s
day meeting said .
Ile declared that, it was time
shin. Ill president of the Central
The rabbis were asked about
The study summarized findings
the
Reform
rabbis
confronted
Ha-
from
conference of American Rabbis,
a merger with all three branches
law—which 'rom questionnaires returned .is•
in his presidential address to the
of Judaism. which three out of lakha—Jewish rabbinic
it 620 rabbis, 506 of them in pulpits,
annual cons cotton of his organiza- ' four rejected. On the other hand, the movement rejected when
and from 984 responses from lay
lion here. declared that the Nurem- 1 they favored closer ties with their came into existence, Rabbi Polish
11 Reform synagoguies
in
berg laws which let loose the ! conservative colleagues. 40 per explained that he did not mean a . leaders
of various sizes throughout the
I
.
return to the traditional lialakha
Hitler terror against the Jews:
cent "definitely" and 21 per cent
Dr. Lenn and his • staff
but to principles "rooted in an : country%
Auschwitz and the rise of the
- probably" approving a merger.
conducted in-depth inter•iesit's
authentic, compassionate, halakhie I also
State of Israel "have shattered the
A closer working relationship he
with rabbis, laymen, seminarians,
approach." With this, he said, "we
primacy and exclusiveness of re- tween the CCAR and Rabbinical As- !
int
young
people and delegates
ligious alignment in Jewish life." : sembly (Conservative) has develop- have an opportunity to confront various national and regional c oft-
a congealed Orthodoxy. -
Rabbi Polish's views are support. ed over the past few years. Both
gregational meetings.
The survey also disclosed that
ed by his colleagues, a majority ; boards have addressed each othe7s
"80
per
Dr. Lenn wrote that
41 per cent of its members—a
of whom favor a merger of the annual conventions: and the Is-
larger number than originally
Reform and Conservative rabbin- rael committees conducted a joint
ate. They recognize, however, the meeting. Rabbi Judah Nadich of estimated—officiated at mixed
marriages where the non-Jew-
institutional "mechanics
as the , New York. Rabbinical Assembly
ish spouse had not undergone
most formidable block" and agree president, spoke here Tuesday.
prior conversion.
that as part of such a union Re- Rabbi Nadich told the conven-

cent of the CCAR members are
reasonably pleased with the way
things have worked out for them.
suggesting that the American Re-

GROSSINGERS - The head of five colleagues must he more lib- common endeavor to heal the ,
America's Reform rabbinate ques - eral
lacerated soul of the Jew ish pea-
tioni•d "the moral validity of ire
These statistics constituted a pie "
reconcilable d i , ”„i,,,, • w ithi n non- small section of the first CCAR
If "capitalist America and Com-

The position on mixed marri-
ages adopted by the Reform rab-
binical body in 1909 and reaf-
rimed in 1947 and again last year
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
states that such marriages are
10—Friday, June 16, 1972
The head of the Rabbinical As contraryto Jewish tradition and
sembly added that he did not en-'
should be discouraged.
vision such a merger as likely
The survey reported that 21
"today or the day after" but he !
made a strong case for practical per cent of the CCAR's 1.000
, members officiated at mixed mar-
cooperation between the two rah-
riages if certain conditions were
hinic groups "where we already
have common interests and corn met. but 20 per cent would do so
-
at the request of the couple. Ac-
mon aims."
cording to a CCAR spokesman.
Before making his formal ad-
the conditions were an undertak-
- dress, Rabbi Nadich indicated at
ing by the couple to give their
a press conference that he thought
children a Jewish upbringing and
the time might come when such
to live a Jewish family life.
a merger could take place.
According to previous estimates.
rIttfhu,
Rabbi Nadich also said he fore-
w the possibility of "closer rela- only between 10 per cent and one-
(
sToll T
third
of the CCAR's membership
tionships, in time, with our Or-
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thodox colleagues - adding that officiated at mixed marriages.
One of the few left
ith or without conditions. Rabbi
"their present militant intransi-
Ouolofted to Satisfy
lb•rman Schaalman of Chicago.
,:e11C(• still nit last forever"
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chairman
of the CCAR's mixed
In has kesnoti• speech. - Rabid
by appt
marriage committee. r e c o m-
• Polish said except for Orthodoxy.
mended that the position of the
the denominations in Judaism as
presently constituted. "no longer CCAR on mixed marriages he
maintained for the time being to
reflect clear lines of demarcation.
and they are undergoing the same enable additional research and
analysis.
Rabbi Schaalman said
on better men s clothes
fluidity and amorphousness w hich
challenge the future of American -insufficient evidence regarding the
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The overwhelming question in
synagogue participation and the
Jewish life t, sort is al. Rabbi
Jewish manner in which they raise
Polish went on. and the theological
a family required further study.
prmcIple, is h ch gine survival
Dr Lenn reported the over-
ii- nsc•mt
,m
not
whelming number of Reform Jews
•!•1 cab- , h th e
710 ssnagouities in the U.S.
June 23rd to July 5th
inn Canada are the children of
liss it,
and
Jerusalem
Jess ish parent, only 4 per cent
will not permit the subsuming
;tn• offspring of pulsed mar- •
of Judaism and the Jewish peer
ra,:.••••‘. 1 per cent converts from
plc under se( tartan distinctions.
min-Jewish homes and 1 per cent
and the one religious party in
identify themselves as non-Jewish.
Israel (Orthodox) which is ag.
In another convention develop-
g - essively pursuing this objec-
ment. the delegates voted unani-
tive is courting its own disso-
mously to have the CCAR join
lution," he warned.
the American Jewish Congress.
The Reform movement "burst
upon Jewish history with the im-
pact of a revolution, both illu-
Rointi's Curtains, Controct Division
minating
and scorching Jewish
life," he said. But Whatever the
future holds for Reform Judaism,

form

rabbis must become more tion that his answer to the idea
their conserva- of merger of the two rabbinates
"at the present time" would be
"in the negative "

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"the initial fervor of that resolu-
tion has been spent," and some
of its achievements have been
"appropriated by others. dimin-
ishingthe singularity of the move-1
ment, Some of the most radical I
deviations have been modified and
those "potentially schismatic, such
as our rejection of Jewish people-
hood, have been annuled," Rabbi
Polish said

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its Judaism are not implacably
frozen in a sectarian rigidity but
respond to and act upon the cur-
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