THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rabbis Urge More Communal Responsibility by Federations
LIBERTY, N.Y. (JTA) —
Two prominent rabbis
urged here that community
federations and welfare
funds assume the responsi-
bility for all "programs,
services or institutions
which meet a specifically
Jewish need," primarily
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Jewish education, but also a
wide range of activities in-
cluding problems that arise
from the decline or deterio-
ration of Jewish neighbor-
hoods and funerals and bur-
ials, "with all profits
accruing to Jewish educa-
tion." -
The end of the traditional
non-support by federations
of denominational and con-
gregational activities was
called for by Rabbi Saul Te-
plitz, of Congregation Sons
of Israel, Woodmere, N.Y.
and Rabbi Samuel H. Dres-
- tier of the North Suburban
Synagogue Beth El, High-
land Park, Ill. They spoke at
the 75th anniversary con-
vention of the Rabbinical
Assembly, the rabbinic
branch of Conservative Ju-
daism, at the Grossinger
Hotel.
Rabbi Dresner, a vice
president of the Synagogue
Council of America, de-
clared that "Jewish educa- •
tion should be communally
supported, that is, free to
parents and decentralized.
If the public school is free,
supported by taxes not re-
lated to user's fees, then
why not the education of
Jews? If it means withdraw-
ing funds from other agen-
cies, including Israel, then
so be it."
Rabbi Teplitz said "The
time has come for the fed-
eration and synagogue to
collapse the barriers of
separation that have not
allowed each to wholly
benefit the other. As the
synagogue member is
called upon to support the
community center, so the
federation must stand
ready to support the Jew-
ish ventures of education
and worship. The federa-
tion, community and the
synagogue should function
for the benefit of both."
The two rabbis suggested
that Jewish education be
funded on a per capita basis
or voucher system whereby
each child would receive an
amount in accordance with
the type of school attended:
Sunday, afternoon or all-
day. They agreed that Jew-
ish education should be cen-
tralized and the federation
support should not mean
uniformity, but accept dif-
fering intellectual and phil-
osophical points of view.
A resolution was adopted
urging federations and Jew-
NEW YORK (JTA) —
There are four women rab-
binical students in the three
American branches of the
Jewish Institute of Religion,
according to a school
spokesman.
The spokesman provided
the information - in connec-
tion with a report by Myra
Soifer, student at the Cin-
cinnati school.
Ms. Soifer stressed she
was concerned both with
bringing more women in the
synagogue as rabbis and
with having more women
accept responsibilities of
congregational leadership.
She estimates that there are
about 100 women presidents
in the Reform movement's
700 synagogues.
ish welfare funds generally
to take "greater pains to
achieve strict accountabil-
ity. Those who contribute
must have a greater voice in
decisions concerning dis-
bursement."
Another resolution af-
firming the continued in-
terest of the Rabbinical
Assembly, the association.
of Conservative rabbis, in
joining the World Zionist
Organization was ap-
proved overwhelmingly at
the convention.
The resolution, which au-
thorized the RA executive
committee to proceed with
the talks, also proposed .that
the WZO recognize the "re-
ligious-cultural heritage" of
the Jewish tradition as an
essential element of Zion-
ism, that the WZO recog-
nizes the "principles and le-
gitimacy of religious
diversity;" and that a "high
priority" be given to the
status of the Conservative
movement and its rabbis
and synagogues in Isriel.
There are now 10 Conserva-
tive synagogues in Israel.
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