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Movement Afoot in Israel
on Behalf of Conservatives

ADELINE and
ABNER ROSENZWEIG

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Dena Wein
Mark, Debbie and Larry

wish their family and friends a
happy and healthy New Year

Sheldon, Barbara, Julie & Lisa Weisberg
wish their family and friends a
very happy, healthy New Year

We wish all our relatives and
friends a happy and healthy ,New Year

Garie and Bill Weisman

A very Happy, Healthy
and Prosperous New Year

to all our family and dear friends

Esther & Nate Willis
and Family

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By RABBI SAUL
TEPLITZ

(President of the
Rabbinical Assembly)
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)

Outside the glare of the
political spotlight, a modest
organization has emerged
in Israel whose fortunes will
be watched with interest by
many in the American
Jewish community.
_ The new body, formed
this past summer, calls it-
self the Movement for Con-
servative Judaism in Israel
(MCJI). In the wake of the
complex relationship that
has developed between
Conservative Jewry and Is-
rael, this fledgling group
represents an effort to win
independent status for
those in Israel who adhere
to the Conservative ap-
proach and who seek to be-
come part of Israel's reli-
gious fabric.
Its creation reflects the
development of a growing
constituency — 25 or-
ganized congregations in a
dozen cities and towns scat-
tered throughout Israel.
Fifteen of them have rabbis,
all of them trained in the
Conservative movement's
New York Center, the
Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America.
In a society dominated
by a single religious
model — that of the Or-
thodox — Conservative
services in Israel tend
towards a more tradi-

May good health

good friends and happines8'

be with you throughout

the coming year

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The Mitnick families of
Eastern Poultry Co.

Charlotte and Herbert
Randy, Barry, Halye and Robyn
Marsha and Ronald

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tional coloration than
some in the U.S. where
women may now be
counted in the minyan.
Mixed seating is the
characteristic that
primarily serves to dis-
tinguish Orthodox from
Conservative in Israel
and their services show
little variation.
A yearning for some de-
gree of religious structure
has begun to manifest itself
in predominantly secular
Israel. More and more non-
religious kibutzim are
eager to sponsor services
during the High Holy Days
and they are attracted to the
Conservative religious ap-
proach. Their interest coin-
cides with a breakthrough
on another front — the
World Zionist Organization
— at whose Congress the
Conservative movement
took its seat as a member
organization last February.
At that international
Jewish forum, a resolution
was passed urging — for the
first time — equal recogni-
tion in the WZO and in Is-
rael for all of Jewry's reli-
gious groups. The resolu-
tion advocating religious
pluralism was adopted
through the efforts of a coal-
ition of Reform and Conser-
vative delegates, together
with the Labor Party and
the Derliocratic Movement
for Change.
If that vote was a har-
binger of greater interest
in Conservative Judaism
in Israel, it will mean
additional strength for
congregations that now
assemble in rented halls
(only Ashkelon, Haifa
and Jerusalem have
permanent facilities),
from Safed with its 25
affiliated families to
well-established Afridar
with 200.
It is estimated that about
40 percent of the congreg-
ants hail from English-
peaking countries. The
majority are Israelis who
h ave been there for longer
eriods, of whom about 10
ercent hail from Arabic-
peaking lands.

Capital Shares
Oversubscribed

NEW YORK — IDB Ban-
k holding Corp. Ltd. and its
main banking subsidiary,
I srael Discount Bank, an-
n ounced the successful
c ompletion of an offering in
srael of Ordinary "A"
hares and subordinated
c onvertible capital notes of
t he bank and subordinated
c onvertible capital notes of
I DB Bankholding.
Approximately 81 per-
c ent of the offering, which
w as oversubscribed 700
ercent, was scPid to the gen-
e ral public in Israel with the
b alance being sold to in-
st itutional investors.
The combined offering
aised approximately $36
m illion of new capital.

The wise measure 10
times before cutting once;
fools cut 10 times before
measuring once.

Friday, September 29, 1 .918 ; 81 1

Happy New Year to all my
friends and relatives

Mrs. Lenora Weller

10119 Regal Park Lane, Apt. 105
Dallas, Texas 75230

Eugene & Fay Weiss
North Miami Becah, Fla.
wish their family and friends a
year of good health and peace

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wohl

wish all their family and friends
a happy, healthy and prosperous

New Year

MR. AND MRS. NATHAN WOLOK

wish their entire family. members of the Radomer
Aid Society, officers and board members of the
Hebrew Benevolent Society and all their friends and
relatives a happy, healthy and prosperous New
Year.

Allan and Linda Gurvitz
Eric and Michelle

wish all their family and friends
a happy and healthy New Year

Eve and Milton Herman

wish all their relatives and friends
a healthy and prosperous New Year

The Hirsch's

Henry, Cary and Stacey

sincerely wish all their relatives
and friends a happy and healthy New Year

Henry and Franka Iglewicz
and Daughter

wish all our relatives and friends

a happy and healthy New Year

Ellen, Harold and Marilyn Jaffa

wish their family and friends a

healthy and happy New Year

Best wishes for a happy and healthy
New Year to all our friends and relatives

Mr. and Mrs. Szmul Jutkiewicz
and Family

Wishing all our friends a happy and
healthy New Year

Josef and Evelyn Klein
and Family

May you and
yours have
continued health
and happiness
in the
coming years

the adelstei its
Fern, Ronnie & David