12—Friday, January 3, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 42 Back Intermarriage (Continued from Page 1) autonomy. It found the most exciting moments of human history in the future and not in the past. It took the risk of. universalism and open- ness. "Above all, the Reform movement offered Jews an opportunity to maintain their integrity by allowing their ideology to match their be- havior. "Today, the ideology of the Reform movement is scarce- ly distinguishable from that of the Conservative move- ment. It has turned full-circle and is now marching back- wards. "We reject this new tradi- tionalism. We believe that a liberal Judaism should af- firm the positive value of Jewish identity while main- taining the freedom of the individual to determine his own religious practices. , "We believe that a liberal 1------ t- -1 \ /711- ---- -: : / , Prescription / r \ \ Optical Co. ) ) / \..._. 1 - . / .% \ _---- --1 26001 COOLIDGE HWY OAK PARK 543 3343 I Judaism should encourage ceremonial creativity and should avoid an unimagina- tive attempt to revive the ritual patterns of the past. "We believe that a liberal Judaism should avoid self- hate by enabling Jews to ac- cept without guilt the posi- tive changes in Jewish life- style. "We believe that a liberal Judaism should prepare Jews to ,live in an open and uni- versalistic urban society. "We believe that a liberal Judaism should not dhect its energies in a futile attempt to win the approval of the Conservative and Orthodox rabbinate. It should devote its energies to offering a public voice to the liberal elements of the Jewish com- munity who find no repre- sentation in a past-oriented establishment. ."The uniqueness of Re- form Judaism is at stake." (Continued from Page 1) closer to an understanding and appreciation of their heritage," Rabbi Schindler expected that the new and modern Bible commentary would receive wide use in the UAHC's 715 member synagogues as well as among all "people who hold the Bible sacred." The commentary, Rabbi Schindler explained, was de- signed for use in the syna- gogue and home as well as for classroom use among young people and adults. The commentary includes the original Hebrew text, a new translation, a brief com- mentary, a discussion of the theme in a given section, and a collection of "gleanings" representing selections and excerpts f r o m talmudic sources, scholars' commen- taries of all denominations, language studies, r e c e n t archeological discoveries, medieval and modern liter- Tunney to Be Keynote Speaker at Technion Conference Dinner NEW YORK—U. S. Demo- cratic Senator John V. Tun- ney of California will be the keynote speaker at a banquet during the fourth national 1st ANNUAL NEW YEAR SALE BEGINS JAN. 2, 1975 2 Reform Commentary on Torah TO ON SELECTED INVENTORY Our first semi-annual sale is to make room for the beautiful spring and summer merchandise arriving daily, just in time for your warm weather vacation. We have an exclusive selection of Cezar Sweaters in colors that won't stop, matched with shirts by Nik-Nik, Rags, Roland and Oleg Cassini. 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Sir Edwin Leather, gover- nor-general of Bermuda, and Lady Leather, will be guests of honor at the dinner, one of the highlights of the con- ference. Sir Edwin, a friend of the people of Israel, was appointed as Bermuda's gov- ernor last year. Dr. Willem J. Kolff of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, one of the world's leading medical innovators in the development of aritficial hearts, and in the application of artificial kidneys, will speak at a seminar on "Med- ical Engineering at Technion Today." ary works, and even citations from ancient Egyptian dream books. Rabbi Plant emphasized that the "commentary takes the religious approach, recog- nizing the touch of the Divine, but it also takes cognizance of the latest sci- entific research." The author of the Genesis commentary added: "Our position is that the Torah is essentially the repository of centuries of traditions which became one tradition and one book. The commentary rep- resents the teaching tradition of Israel." Rabbi Plaut continued: "Our commentary disagrees with traditional interpreters over divine origin and Mosaic authorship, but it agrees on treating the text as a whole, for it was approached this way by many generations and in this way has made its impact on history. To us, the Bible is the living textbook of the Jew and, with differ- ing emphasis, of the Chris- tian." The new commentary, Rabbi Plaut asserted, "pro- ceeds from the idea that the Bible is a prism of our gen- eration, producing refrac- tions not seen before. The modern Jew in search of -his identity, especially in the United States and Canada, should derive great benefit from a study of this new commentary." An example of the con- temporary approach of the new commentary is the in- terpretation offered for the story of the Tower of Babel. In his commentary, Rabbi Plant says the story "sym- bolized all empire-building, corruption, arrogance, crav- ing to erect monuments, de- sire for fame .. Israelis Abroad Urged to Return JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ab- sorption Minister Shlomo Ro- sen and Jewish Agency Ex- ecutive Chairman Pinhas Sa- pir have formed a committee to study "ways to encourage the return of Israelis living abroad." It is believed that there are some 200,000 Israelis who live abroad. The committee was assigned to locating the spe- cific employment and hous- ing problems which may face the returning Israeli. It is expected to recommend ways to minimize the bureaucratic process through which a re- turning citizen must pass. Some of the leading absorp- tion experts staffing the com- mittee- are Knesseter Adi Yaffe, chairman; Uzi Narkis, director general of the Jew- ish Agency 'Immigration and Absorption Department; and the directors general of the Ministries of Absorption and Housing. A Jewish Agency communique said the com- mittee was open for sugges- tions. They should be mailed to Adi Yaffe, P.O.B. 92, Je- rusalem. 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