CCAR Rump Group Protests
Mixed Marriage Resolution
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 10, 1973-5
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ATLANTA (JTA)—An op- tion to maintain the spiritual June 29, and the conduct of
especially our loyal
position, group has been or- freedom of both the Ameri- that meeting, and to consider
clients. Ask to see
ganized within the Central can Reform rabbi and Amer- the request that I am now
our "secret" file of
Conference of American Rab- ican Reform Judaism," the making that the board of gov-
friendly 8 prominent
firms. Call on our
bis, the Reform rabbinate, by new group would prepare and ernors declare the meeting of
"de-bugged"phone...
members protesting a CCAR distribute literature on the June 29 illegal because of the
548-5600 or write to:
1973 convention resolution op- issue, organize a speaker's counting of the votes of men
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posing participation by CCAR bureau and convene seminars who came, voted and left be-
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fore
the
debate,
the
call
for
to
study
in
depth
the
prob-
members in m ix e d mar-
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riages, according to Rabbi lems of mixed marriage and the question and the action
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David M. Eichhorn, chairman other matters, including "the vote," Rabbi Glaser declared.
He said the procedure,
of the new group, Concerned issue of authoritarianism in
which had been "insisted up-
Members of the Conference. Judaism."
Rabbi Eichhorn said the
Meanwhile, the CCAR has on'' by Rabbi William Berko-
Concerned Members were de- asked the board of governors witz, NYBR president, "is an
termined "to resist every at- of the New York Board of illegal procedure because it
tempt to restrict the spiritual Rabbis to meet to consider a is clearly voting by absentee
freedom of Atherican liberal CCAR complaint that a vote ballot, and where the consti-
Jews."
by the NYBF on June 29 bar- tution of an organization does
said a letter has been ring membership to rabbis not provide for absentee bal-
St_ to all CCAR members officiating at mixed marri- loting, it cannot be permit-
ted."
asking for support.
ages was illegal.
Rabbi Glaser also contend-
Delegates to the 84th CCAR
The request was contained
convention in Atlanta voted in a letter to Rabbi Harold ed that the 32 of the 36 ab-
321-196 on June 19 for oppo- Sauperstein, board chairman, sentee ballots which were for
sition to officiating in mixed from Rabbi Joseph Glaser, the amendment barring from
marriages but also approved CCAR executive vice presi- membership performers of
mixed marriages "thereby
an amendment upholding the dent.
CCAR's long-standing posi-
Rabbi Saperstein, asked to accounted for the amendment
tion that each CCAR member comment, told the Jewish Tel- carrying by a two-thirds ma-
had the right to act in such egraphic Agency that he had jority. Without those 32 votes
matters in accordance with not yet received the letter the amendment would have
his interpretation of Jewish and would prefer not to com- failed."
Yes, Shifman's is a
The amendment also bars
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The opposition group's let- NYBR officers could study membership to rabbis who re-
After
your selection
fer to collegaues couples seek-
ter sent to all members noted the letter.
has been made from
ing
a
rabbi
to
perform
such
a
Rabbi Glaser said in the
that a survey had shown that
our new fall collection
at least 40 per cent of CCAR letter that he was requesting marriage.
of the finer manufac-
Both Rabbi Berkowitz and
turer's suits, sport
members officiated at mixed a meeting of the board of
coats and slacks it will
marriages and that "a con- governors early in Septem- Rabbi Glaser had agreed that
be tailored to perfec-
siderable number" who did ber, when "proper notice" the number of Reform rabbis
tion. Shifman's fashion
not officiate at such mar- can be given members and to who resigned from the NYBR
co-ordinators will di-
riages recently signed a state- avoid any conflict with the in protest was between 25
red you to the 'just
and
30.
ment calling on the CCAR High Holy Days at the end
right" accessories. Ex-
However,
Rabbi
Berkowitz
cept our invitation to
"to refrain from curtailing of September.
give
the
number
of
Reform
'
see bold, colorful fall
"The purpose of the meet-
the right of every member
collection today.
of the CCAR to decide this ing would be to review the rabbis who are NYBR mem-
bers
as
250,
making
the
pro-
events leading up to the meet-
matter for himself."
Accordingly, the letter as- ing of the Board of Rabbis on portion of resigning Reform
rabbis about 10 per cent.
serted, "it is very likely that
Rabbbi Glaser told the JTA
the vote at the Atlanta con-
that no more than 100 New
vention was not an accurate Reports on Release
York area Reform rabbis be-
reflection of the real senti- of Nazi Are Untrue
longed to the NYBR.
ment of the entire conference
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The letter added that on clared that reports concern-
the day after the vote, "a ing the early release of Her-
large number of conferees, bert Kappler, the only re-
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