THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 32 Friday, January 7, 1977 Reform Judaism: An Emerging Movement on the Israeli Scene BY REUVEN NUTKIS World Zionist Organization well as from North America, with recruit- JERUSALEM — Re- /bent for future settlers form Judaism has finally being conducted by the completed its metamor- WUPJ in other lands. phosis in commitment to Plans call for an eventual Zionism with the found- population of 400-500 ing of its first kibutz in Is- souls in ten years, work- rael. ing in a varied economy Kibutz Yahel, 65 based chiefly on off- kilometers (40 miles) season winter crops, north of Eilat in the poultry farming, and Arava derset was light industry. founded in November by Yahel aspires to found a a group of pioneering permanent community young Reform Jews and governed by the principles was the highlight of last of Reform Judaism with year's convention of the to be deter- World Union for Progres- traditions mined by the needs felt by sive Judaism (WUPJ), the international society of its members. Kibutz Yahel repre- Reform Jewry. The settlers of Kibutz sents the latest contribu- Yahel include groups tion of the Reform move- formed both in Israel as ment to Israel. It has been preceded by 11 synagogues and congre- HELD OVER gations of small and smaller size; as well as "PRIVATE LIVES" the Hebrew Union Col- STARRING JIMMY LAUNCE lege — Jewish Institute of Religion and the execu- NOW PLAYING tive offices of the WUPJ, FRI. & SAT. both in Jerusalem. Reform was the first of Dinner 7:30 -Curtain 8:45 the three major branches Reservations: call 643-8865 of Judaism to have joined SOMERSET DINNER THEATRE the World Zionist Organi- zation and to have moved Big Beaver Road awl) its international head- at Coolidge, Troy quarters to Israel. - Efforts have been made to increase involvement by native Israelis. Ac- cording to Rabbi Ady E. Assabi, coordinator of the Israel Movement for Pro- gressive Judaism, the majority of the member- ship in Israel today is made up of Israelis who had no personal contact with Reform Judaism in the Diaspora, a dramatic increase taking place within the past five years. An Israeli youth move- ment has been established and has provided some of. the original settlers of Kibutz Yahel. On the educational front a new all-Hebrew siddur has been prepared for publication entitled "Ha'avoda Shebalev" (Worship from the Heart), and according to Rabbi Assabi, "it is the first sid- dur to take into consider- ation the rebirth of the state of Israel." The Reform movement MOVIE GUIDE Americana Complex 1, 2,3, 4 Greenfield N. of 9 Mile 559-2730 4 THEATERS IN ONE BUILDING Wed. MATINEES ALL THEATERS-1 Show only at 1:041—$1 "A STAR IS BORN" "NICKELODEON" "THE ENFORCER" "7 PERCENT SOLUTION" BERKLEY 12 Mile-Coolidge LI 2-0330 BARGAIN NIGHTS SUN. THRU FRI: ALL SEATS $1.00. No comports. 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The Hebrew Union College in tablishment as creden- establishment of Jerusalem has intitiated tials, or propose that Re- synagogues, other in- a program designed to or- form clergy follow Or- stitutions and now dain rabbis from the local thodox customs in such Kibutz Yahel may all be native Israeli population.' cases. An opposing group viewed as efforts in pur- The desire to ordain na- claimed that such efforts suit of the goal of estab- tive Israelis is inspired in to form a uniform code lishing a viable Reform part by an effort to gain would be antithetical community in Israel. recognition in Israel. with freedom of choice — In the words of Rabbi Like the Reconstruction a basic tenet of Reform Richard Hirsch, execu- movement and other Judaism. tive secretary of the smaller splinter groups, In spite of the cool re- WUPJ, "Until there is a the Reform are not rec- ognized by the Rabbinate ception Reform has re- significant movement in ceived on the religious Israel, Reform Judaism in Israel. At November's WUPJ front, its commitment to will be considered by Convention in Jersualem, Israel and Zionism as au- many as an alien move- discussions were con- thentic and constitute an ment which can only ducted as to how to achieve integral part of the cur- flourish on non-Jewish parity with Orthodoxy, or- rent Reform ideology. soil. The state of Israel-of- at least recognition by the This commitment was not fers the movement a test Rabbinate. 'Typically op- always so, and has un- of its Jewish authentic- posing views emerged. dergone a complete ity." Sculpture, Art and Exercise in Jewish Life BY DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The press reports that the late Alexander Calder is to have what may be his most monumental piece of sculpture placed in Jerusalem. The Jews have never been rich in oil but this most famous sculptor of his day, not a Jew himself, preferred Jerusalem as the site of his art work. The Calder work will stand on the Jerusalem elevation named after the father of the Zionism which the United Nations is so busy denouncing — Mt. Herzl! There are some noted Jewish sculptors, Jacques Lifshitz, Louise Nevelson and Chaim Gross. There was the famous Russian Czech Reds Accuse Zionists LONDON — After a year of relative quite on the subject of world Jewry, Czech Com- munists have resumed charges of collusion be- tween Zionist organiza- tions and the Nazi move- ment in Europe during World War II, in attacks on Yad Vashem, the American Joint Distribu- tion Committee and HIAS, according to the International Council of Jews from Czechos- lovakia. These charges were re- newed at the close of 1976 and coincided with per- mission granted to two leading members of the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia to par- ticipate, as observers, in the Madrid conference of the World Jewish Con- gress' European Branch. The recent attack was published in `Tribuna' of Prague, principal ideolog- ical journal of the Czech Communist Party, in a serial under the heading `The Class Significance of Zionism," signed by "Jill ohatk," pen-name for a team of well-known Jew- baiters. Jewish sculptor, An- could not stand the jeers tokolski. it provoked. Speaking of arts, there Yet sculpture from the Jewish standpoint had is music and the press had often been regarded a lit- an interesting little item tie suspiciously because of about the orchestra con- the Mosaic stricture to the ductor, Arthur Fiedler. making of graven images. How are you about tak- But, the Calder work, ing exercise? Mr. Fiedler being abstract, does not has an idea for you. Why violate the Mosaic law. not try being the conduc- A number of weeks ago for of an orchestra in- the press reported the stead? He thinks the exercise passing of the painter Man Ray. He was one of of moving his hands in the fathers of the modern conducting the orchestra school of abstract art, one has been of great benefit of the pioneers of what to his health. He quotes a was known as Dadaism. physician as comparing Man Ray was not his the longevity of musical real name. He had a very conductors with that of Jewish name. He was a some other professions Jewish boy from Brook- and finds that the con- lyn, but changed his ductors live longer and he name which was very attributes it to the exer- Jewish because he said he cise. A Prophecy BY PAUL ELDRIDGE You will win, my people, you will surely win – Vaster are your armies than the armies of all your enemies - The doors of the crematoria have swung wide open And the hills of ashes and the hills of bones are alive again, The pits are emptied and the scaffolds are released, And the Six Million are marching to join your ranks. Your muscles they will temper into burnished steel And your hearts they will fill with the fierce fury Of the lion pursuing the treacherous jackal, Your eyes they will sharpen as the eyes of the mountain eagle And your grip they will harden as his talons clamping his prey. You will win, my people, you will surely win- Mightier are your weapons than the weapons of all your enemies- From the myriad pyres from all the lands, horizon into horizon To which your countless martyrs, defiant were roped While mitered priests chanted and vile crowds made merry. The hissing flames will join the flames of your battering guns, They will devour your foes as fires, relentless, devour Forests long dried in the sun and stricken with lightning, And their foul ashes the liberating winds will blow Across the face of the sands and into the mouths of the waters. You will win, my people, you will surely win- Wiser are your leaders than the leaders of all your enemies- Justice and Truth and Faith enthroned in your House of Counsel, Will dictate your strategy and guide the pathways to your goal, While your foes, backs laden with crime, - Mouths foaming with life, Hearts hollow and souls shriveled, hideous camels of iniquity, Will trudge, aimless, forever locked in the maze of nightmare, And in the land of Israel there will be joy and exultation, The shout of triumph and the call of freedom The clash of cymbal and the beat of drum And the wilder beat of dancing feet- FOR YOU WILL WIN, MY PEOPLE, YOU WILL SURELY WIN!