6 Friday, January 27, 1978

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`Jewish' Art' Magazine Is Published

JERUSALEM — A new
art magazine has just been
published specializing in
Jewish art. "Jewish Art,' an

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view dedicated to all as-
pects of Jewish artistic cre-
ation from iblical times to
the present day, is pub-
lished in Jerusalem, but is
distributed primarily in the
United States.
Major articles are foot-
noted arid short biblio-
graphies are provided. Illus-
trations are numerous and
often in full color. "Jewish
Art" contains articles about
antique Jewish art and con- - t
temporary developments in
Jewish arts and crafts, Jew-
ish ceremonial art is cov-
ered as well as archeology
of ancient Israel.
The premier issue of
"Jewish Art" contains a
sampling of what the maga-
zine intends to cover. Arti-
cles include : an illustrated
appraisal of the life and
work of Marc Cliagall on the
occasion of his 90th birth-
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`Rabbi: The American Experience'

the art of Israel's ancient
synagogues; an extensive
survey of the Hanuka lamp
in Jewish art; an inquiry
into the Jewish gold glass in
the Vatican, Metropolitan
and Israel museums; a look
at the work of 19th Century
painter of Jewish genre
scenes, Edouard Brandon;
plus news about Israeli
stamps - and coins, Jewish
museums and individuals
active in Jewish art all over
the world.
Publisher of "Jewish Art"
is Dr. Michael Kaniel, noted
authority on Jewish art and
the author of numerous
studies on the subject.
Members of the editorial
board of "Jewish Art", in
addition to Dr. Kaniel, are
Dr. Moshe Davidowitz, Da
vid Finn, Dr. Abraham
Karp, Dr. Mendel Metzger,
Dr. Therese-Tova Metzger
and Dr. Reuven Yaron.
"JeWish Art" is sold by
subscription. For subscrip-
tion information,' write
P.O.B. 693, Dept. ART,
BGPO, Bronx, N.Y. 10451.

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Elyachar House
Is -Dedicated

JERUSALEM — The Hay
Elyachar House was dedica-
ted recently by the flebrew
University of Jerusalem in
a ceremony attended by
Col. Jehiel Ralph Elyachar
of New York.
The building was donated
to the university by Col.
Elyachar hi memory of his
brother, the late Hay Elya.
char of Jerusalem. It will
house the Institute for Je-
rusalem Studies, -to be es-
tablished cooperatively by
the Hebrew University and
the Jerusalem Foundation.

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By BORIS SMOLAR

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(Editor-inChief Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)

Years ago, the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish In-
stitute of Religion, the
school of learning which
ordains Reform rabbis, es-
timated that it costs as
much to train a young man
for the rabbinate as it does
to train a cadet at the West
Point Military Academy to
become an officer in the
U.S. Army.
I do not know whether this
is still the case today, but
the cost of studying for the
rabbinate • is quite sub-
stantial now whether one
attends an Orthodox school,
the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary which trains students
for the Conservative congre-
gations, or the Hebrew
Union College - Jewish In-
stitute of Religion. Many
students in these institutions
depend greatly on scholar-
ships.
There are today about
3,000 rabbis occupying posts
in congregations, including
"assistant rabbis" and
"traveling rabbis." They
serve in about 800 Conserva-
tive synagogues, more than
700 Reform temples, and in
hundreds of Orthodox syna-
gogues, the riumber of
which is difficult to estab-
lish_ because there are
among them small houses of
worship counting just a few
"minyanim" worshippers.
But whether one holds a
positiOn in a large presti-
gious synagogue or in a
small "shul," it is not easy
to serve as a rabbi. Few
rabbis have influence exer-
cised by a rabbi in the "old
country." In many congre-
gations the lay leaders look
upon their rabbi merely as
an employee hired to carry
out religious functions. The
full spiritual value of the
rabbi as mentor and scholar
— often the only Jewish
scholar in some non-Ortho-
dox congregations —is hard-
ly appreciated.
In numerous cases, the
discrepancies between a
president of the synagogue
and the rabbi lead to the
rabbi's leaving his position
to look for a place- in anoth-
er congregation in another
city. In some cases the rab-
bi changes his vocation and
becomes a social worker or
takes a position in one of the
national Jewish communal
organizations. On the whole,
howevei', the rabbinical pro-
fession constitutes a major
pillar on which Judaism in
America stands.
An extremely interesting
book on the role, status,
problems, frustrations,
pleasures, despair — as well
as on the thinking — of
rabbis in this country, of all
three denominations, has

now appeared under the
title "Rabbi: The American
Experience." The author is
Murray Polner, editor of the
elegant, informative Jewish
magazine "Present Tense,"
who has also written alibi'
books and taught history
and politics at various uni-
versities.
The book makes absorb-
ing reading. It will, I am
certain, attract attention
not only of rabbis but also
among intellectual Ameri-
can Jews seeking the mean-
ing of Judaism. It reflects
the life and sentiments of
pulpit rabbis in large com-
munities, in the smaller
communities, in the suburbs
and in the small towns
where only a few hundred
Jews reside.
The author concentrated
more on talking to various
types of rabbis and listening
to what is on their minds
rather than on rendering
judgements about the rabbi-
nate. He also investigated
what makes young people
study for the rabbinate at a
time when many rabbi's are
stripped of their traditional
authority, censored by le-
gions of critics and ignored
by millions of secular Jews.
He comes to the con-
clusion that rabbis continue
to play a central, if reduced,
role in American Jewish
life; that they constitute a

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most significant element in
that life, and that they will
remain so for years ahead.

Judaism being more than
a religion, the rabbis, he
believes, are vitally impor-
tant in any future designs to
transmit the drama of
Judaism than any other seg-
ment of the population, be-
cause they know more about
Jewish venerable traditions
than most of the Jews.
Their influence will de-
pend, of course, on how
"Jewish" American Jexi
will choose to be, and
precisely will that term
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