THE 'DETROIT: JEWISH' NEVVS

ge-trtettiy,. Sept 18, 1973

MARY and HENRY COHEN

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wish their friends and
relatives -I Happy New ) ear

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May )ou He Blessed Il ith
Good Health and Happiness
Throughout the New ) ear

THE MATZ FAMILY

Gert, Dave, Marla and Steve

MRS. SYLVIA ROSENBERG
AND FAMILY

5734 Marks Reform Judaism's Centennial;
Movement's Leaders Define Future Aims

• Jewish leaders "must
shed their fear of pointing
out differences between Jew-
ish values and American
values" and stop perpetuat-
ing "the myth that Judaism
is equivalent to American-
ism."
• American and other
Diaspora Jews must not be-
come echoes of Israeli lead-

Isaac Mayer Wise came
from a Europe still strug-
gling to throw off its chains
of feudalism, where Jewish
emancipation was still in its
early infancy. His dream was
to develop a modern expres-
sion of Judaism without
diminishing its tradition.
Rabbi Wise did not bring
Reform Judaism to America
when he came here from
Bohemia in 1846. The first
Reforms congregation wa
formed in Charleston, S.C.,
22 years before, and Balti-
more's Har Sinai Verein was
established in 1842. This con-

The centennial meeting
of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations
will be held in New York,
Nov. 9-13.
On Jan. 1, Rabbi Alex-
ander M. Schindler, pres-
ent UAHC vice president,
will succeed Rabbi Mau-
rice Eisendrath as presi-
dent of the religious or-
ganization.

ers.

ISAAC M. WISE

MAURICE EISENDRATH

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Children,
II ishing
Grall(1(.1rilelren,
Relalires aml Friends
-1 Healthy, Happy and
Prosperous NCI• )ear

BESSIE BERGMAN
achieved in 1878, and a na- the indivisibility of the Jew-
tionwide institution came in- ish people—all of these a
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vast change from the Pitts- 14)
wish all their friends and relatives
to being.
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Great changes in the burgh program.
a happy, healthy New } ear
:
II ishing
UAHC began to come about In 1943, the Union, which • •
at the turn of the century had been hostile to the crea- •
RelalireN and Friends
because of the organizing tion of a Jewish spiritual and •
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genius of Rabbi G e o r g e cultural center in Palestine, •
• •
Neu. 1 ear
•
Zepin, a graduate of the called on all Jews to sup- •
HUC who was appointed di- port the work of the "estab- • • MRS. JUDY EDER •
rector of the UAHC's depart- lishment of a Jewish home- • 11••••••••••••••••••••:
land in Palestine." Today the
wish all their friends and
gregation was to have the dis- ment of synagogue and school
extension. He began to build UAHC, as do Reform Jews
tinguished
David
Einhorn
as
To Our Relatives and Friends
relatives a happy, healthy
the UAHC and to reach into generally, leads in efforts on
its rabbi — the man with
SHALOM
behalf
of
the
state
of
Israel.
and prosperous New } ear
whom Wise polemicized for almost every phase of Jew-
and A Healthy and
ish
life
and
actislity.
Syna-
In
the
1940s,
the
UAHC
be-
years and whose "Classical
Happy New Year
Reform" was to dominate gogues, _Sunday schools and gan to establish institutes on
teachers'
academies
were
MRS.
LILLIAN DISKIN
Judaism for Christian clergy
the movement until 1937.
encouraged and established. which emphasized for the
&
MRS.
PHYLLIS STROH
Parts of Wise's dream be- Religious and historical pam- most part Jewish history,
To All Our Relatives and Friends
&
JULIAN
B. STROH
came a reality. On July 8, phlets were published and
theology, ceremony and rit-
1873, Wise called together distributed in the hundreds ual, avoiding propaganda and
A Happy, Healthy New Year
in Cincinnati 34 congrega- of thousands.
homiletics.
tions, the first nationwide as-
A department of education
With the end of the war,
MR. & MRS. RAYMOND
sociation of Jewish congrega- was instituted and, under the the UAHC threw itself into
FREEDLANDER
tions whose centennial is now late Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, the battle for full racial
being
celebrated.
Two
years
15320 Miller Rd.
the
UAHC
became
the
laig-
(The Boo1cspans)
equality. Also on the nation-
Oak Park
later, his seminary—Hebrew est publisher of Jewish edu- al scene, the UAHC under
Southfield, Michigan
wish all their friends
Union College—came into be- cational material in America. Rabbi Eisendrath emerged
ing, another American
and relatires a 11(1111111.
The UAHC employed re- as a strong critic against the
"first."
happ1. Neu. I ('(Jr
gional rabbis and appoint- American involvement in the
The 34 congregations at the ed chaplains to create new Vietnam war, and for world
Cincinnati meeting represent- synagogues and to go into peace.
ed some 1,800 congregants. summer camps as well as to
The UAHC's educational
The meeting was presided work with university youth. department supplies texts
II Wong .111 Our
over by Julius Freiberg, and
The 1940s were critical to and other materials to hun-
Faindy and Friends
the "primary" object in es- the UAHC as they were, in- dreds of schools throughout
I I eri. Hupp . % and
tablishing the UAHC was deed, to all Jewry. During the country, as well as to in-
Healthy Neu . 1 car
wish to extend to all their
stated in the constitution as this period, Reform Jewry numerable adult education
HARRY and
the establishment of "a He- began to undergo a "quiet classes.
relatives and friends
brew Theological Institute — revolution" against the lead-
GOSS
ESTELLE
Through
its
Chautauqua
best wishes for a year
to preserve Judaism intact; ership of the "West," i.e. of Society, it arranges guest
to bequeath it in its purity the Cincinnati center. The lectures at colleges and es-
filled with health,
and sublimity to posterity— leader and embodiment of tablishes resident lecture-
happiness and prosperity
to Israel united and frater- this revolution was Rabbi ships; it distributes Jewish
Relatives, Customers
nized; to establish, sustain Maurice N. Eisendrath, who reference books to college
and Friends of
p•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ********* and govern a seat of learn- succeeded Rabbi Zepin as
libraries and assigns rabbis
HERMAN
PAINTING
ing for Jewish religion and director and later as presi- on request to Christian youth
literature; to provide for and dent. In 1950, Rabbi Eisen-
& DECORATING
advance the standard of Sab- drath transferred the UAHC's camps; and produces films
wishes for
bath schools for the instruc- headquarters from Cincin- for mass audiences on uni-
ear
the Neu.
tion of the young in Israel's nati to New York, the larg- versal
themes.
The ethical
National
Federation of
religion and history, and the est concentration of Jews in Temple Sisterhoods is the
extend to the entire
•
Hebrew language; to aid and the world.
encourage young congrega-
Within the next three de- largest
women's
re-
Jewish
Community their
ligious Jewish
organization
in the
To All Our Friends
•
tions by such material and ca des, Rabbi Eisendrath dou- United States, with well over
and Relatives Best
spiritual support as may be bled the organization's mem- 600
best wishes for a happy
• •
600 affiliates
affiliates and
and a a member-
member-
Wishes For A Happy,
the
command
of
the
Union,
•
bership.
ship of more than 100,000.
Healthy New Year
Year
and healthy New Y
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and to provide, sustain and
Eight summer camps were Temple Brotherhoods are
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SAM
and LEONARD
tions which the common wet- created across the continent. likewise active in all spheres
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fare and progress of Juda- Three national organizations of the UAHC's work.
MOLITZ
were created within the The National Federation of
All good wishes for a year of
ism shall require—without, UAHC—the National Asso- Temple Youth (NFTY) has
however, interfering in any ciation of Temple Adminis- drawn thousands of young
manner whatsoever with the trators, the National Asso- people.
MRS. DORA SNOW
and
affairs and management of ciation of Temple Educators Today the UAHC has some
any congregation."
and the American Confer- 710 congregational affiliates
MR. SHAYA SNOW
At first, East Coast Jews,
in the United States and Can
larmn nary 713VI I 7
extend best wishes for
many of them affiliated with ence of
the Cantors.
"Pittsburgh Plat- ada, with a membership of
a happy, healthy New Year
the Board of Delegates of form" of 1885 moved Re- more than 1,000,000.
to all their friends
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American Israelites, would form Judaism away from the
and relatives
have nothing to do with the traditional and into a more
What of the future?
a 0 0 0000 00ao a
UAHC. An amalgamation of universalist path, so the pro-
Rabbi Leonard A. School-
the two organizations was gram adopted in 1937 gave man, director of the UAHC's
the movement another new centennial observance, writes
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direction. It 'emphasized the in "Reform Judaism":
"If Judaism is to survive,
need for a distinctive Jewish
To Our Dear Ones
style of life both in syna- Reform Jewry's challenge is
We
wish a year of Peace,
gogue and home; it support- to fulfill those traditional
ed the teaching of Hebrew, values of our people which
Health and Happiness
it encouraged the "upbuild- penetrate to the core of our
ALICIA & PAUL TISDALE
ing of Zion" as a "Jewish existence." He sets these
homeland" and a "haven of priorities:
LARRY & RONNA
• "Revival of the syna-
to all our friends and relatives
refuge," as well as a "cen-
ter of Jewish culture and gogue as the center of Jew-
spiritual life"; it affirmed ish life and Judaism."

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