20—Friday, October 18, 1974
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rabbi Weine Explains Conversion
Programs by Conservative Rabbis
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rabbis for a less time con-
suming way to prepare can-
didates for. conversion. Until
then rabbis handled each
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case individually, either by
service at reasonable prices.
themselves or by assigning
No charge for in home esti-
them to staff members under
'mates.
their supervision. The grow-
ing number of applications,
however, made it necessary
to find some other method of
handling the situation.
It is important to note this
because the Institute does not
represent a missionizing
campaign. Men and women
frequently come to a rabbi
seeking admission into the
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Jewish faith. Usually they
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to budge a couple from a
commitment to marry. A
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conversion is the lesser of
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cause they have marriage in
mind. In each class there are
always °a few who are single
and seek conversion without
the thought of marriage. Also
in each class there have been
some students• who are al-
ready married, and, together
with their Jewish mates
come with the idea of offi-
cially establishing a Jewish
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quired to take the course as
well as the final examination.
It is stressed time and again
that the "conversion" will
succeed only if both parties
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equally committed to living
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a Jewish life and establishing
ADULT SCHEDULE FOR 5735 (1974-75)
a Jewish home for themselves
and their children.
Registration at Young Israel of Greenfield Monday -
Each candidate is referred
Friday 12 noon - 4:00 P.M. and at Young Israel of
by the sponsoring rabbi to
Oak-Woods Monday - Thursday 9:30 A.M. - 2:30 p.M.
the Institute for Judaism,
Classes for the Winter term begin
which conducts a 15
Monday, November 4, 1974
week course with a two hour
session one evening each
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week.
Rabbis still handle in-
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dividual cases that, for one
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tured course of study.
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By RABBI MAX WETNE
The Institute for Judaism,
a course of study for candi-
dates for proselytism spon-
sored by the Conservative
Rabbis of Metropolitan De-
troit, was organized to meet
a need -felt by individual
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(1 hr. before Mincha) Talmud
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Rabbi James Gordon Oak-Woods
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
Monday, 8:30 P.M.
Talmud
Monday,8:00 P.M.
Beginning Hebrew Mrs. S. leichtman - Greenfield
(Beyad Halashon)
Tuesday, 8:00 P.M.
Talmud
(English)
Rabbi E. Greenfield Home
Tuesday, 8:00 P.M.
Yiddish
Rabbi A. Davidson
Tuesday, 8:00 P.M.
Advanced Hebrew Rabbi S. Broner
(Conversation)
Wednesday
10:30 A.M.
Halahic Views on
the Cycle of Life
Thursday, 8:00 P.M. Talmud
(English)
Rabbi L. Bakst
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Rabbi
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Oak-Woods
Rabbi E. Cohen
Oak-Woods
Thursday, 8:00 P.M.
Historical Survey of
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Thursday, 9:00 P.M. Humash
Rabbi Samuel Prero Oak-Woods
(with commentaries)
Registration Fee: $5.00 per person
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For Young Israel Members . . . $5.00 per term
. For Non-Members . . . $10.00 per course
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The course is conducted as
an academic course, and the
actual conversion is still in
the hands of the recommend-
ing rabbi. The curriculum,
approved by the Conservative
rabbinate, is presented as ob-
jectively as possible. It in-
cludes an analysis of the
basic beliefs of Judaism, the
difference between Judaism
and Christianity, a survey of
Jewish history and the Bible,
and a detailed discussion of
Jewish holidays, festivals,
customs, and ceremonies.
Covered are also an analysis
of the present situation of the
Jewish people, its community
structure, its major institu-
tions and organizations, as
well as the Orthodox, Con-
servative, and Reform posi-
tions in Judaism.-Discussion
and questions are encour-
aged, and the pros and cons
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The group includes both
Jews and non-Jews and has
of a position are often dis-
cussed.
The Institute sends peri-
odic reports to the sponsor-
ing rabbi of the student's
progress. The candidates are
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services. A record of attend- slave.
ance in class and at services
together with the mark on
the final examination is sent
to the sponsoring rabbi.
The sponsoring rabbi meets
periodically with the candi-
date for counselling purposes.
He is free to give the student
any additional material or
point of view that he may
feel is necessary. Only when
the rabbi is convinced that
the student is eligible and
worthy of being brought into
the Jewish faith does he pro-
ceed wkth the actual conver-
sion.
Contacts with the student
after the completion of the
course are maintained by the
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call upon the rabbi or the
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counsel at any time after the
completion of the course.
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