18 Friday, May 11, 1919 • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • Seminary Delays Women's Ordination Decision PAN DRAYDLES and NEW YORK — Dr. Ger- son D. Cohen, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, has acceded to faculty requests LUCITE ACCESSORIES Engraved 20% Discount 548-0298 LANDSCAPING Call FOR FREE REASONABLE ESTIMATES RESIDENTIAL • TREES • SODDING • SHRUBS • DESIGN RETAINING WALLS 548-9029 13360 TALBUT HUNTINGTON WOODS Priced Sale of Household Contents Conducted In Your Home Estates Liquidated EDMUND FRANK & CO. Liquidators and Appraisers 368-4044 875-7650 to defer until early in 1980 action on accepting women as candidates for ordina- tion. The seminary is the only rabbinical school within Conservative Judaism, and its faculty has traditionally restricted ad- mission to its ordination program to men. The seminary faculty, which has been reconsider- ing this position at several meetings without reaching a conclusion, has asked for additional time.' Members on both sides — those favor- ing, and those opposing the ordination of women — feel that so serious and sensitive an issue requires carefully prepared position papers and an opportunity to study arguments both in private and in consultation with fa- culty colleagues. The question of ordina- tion of women was referred to the faculty after a special commission convened by Dr. Cohen in November American Mercaz Formed NEW YORK — The first meeting of the board of Mer- caz, the movement to reaf- firm Conservative Judaism's participation in the Zionist movement, was held in Washington, May 2. Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, said the American section of Mercaz, the group which met in Washington, has a membership application pending with the American Zionist Federation. He reported that the 40 American Mercaz board members also arranged for the first annual convention of the American Mercaz to be held here on Nov. 11 and laid plans for publication of a national newsletter, scheduled to be issued quar- terly, starting in the fall. Stanley Rabbi with the most distinctive men's wear in the forefront of European design ... including clothing by Tiger of Sweden, Adolfo, Jean- Paul Germain, Odermark, Hugo Boss, Givenchy, Lanvin, Rubin Bros. and Le Baron ... shirts and ties by Pancaldi ... slacks by Zanella, and shoes by Bally and San Remo. Rabinowitz of Adas Is- rael Synagogue in Wash- ington, where the board meeting was held, told the board members that "now that peace is at hand, we join hands with all other Zionists to strengthen Israel and address ourselves to the quality of life of its society. "We reaffirm our com- mitment and struggle to achieve full religious pluralism in Israel, a luxury we could ill afford when Is- rael was beleaguered on all sides." Rabinowitz is also chair- man of the world-wide Mer- caz now in formation, Kel- man said. 1977. It reported that it meetings of the Faculty Se- found no reason -in Jewish nate duilhg late December law barring women from and January. It will still be possible, Dr. the rabbinate. After explor- ing the issue for over a year, Cohen asserted, should the the 14-member commission decision be to admit women, delivered a majority report for the seminary to consider favoring ordination, and applications for women for recommending the admis- the academic year 1980- sion of women to the semi- 1981. This, he stated, is in nary's rabbinical school. A accord with the resolution of minority of three members the Rabbinical Assembly dissented, suggesting that Convention askiNg for a de- appropriate roles short of cision on the issue within a' ordination could be created year from the submission of the commission report. for Jewish women. The commission's con- clusions were reported by Dr. Cohen to the an- nual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly in January. At that time, the assembly referred the report to the seminary faculty, as the only group empowered to determine whether or not the semi- • nary would accept women as rabbinical students. In a letter last week to members of the Rabbinical Assembly, Dr. Cohen ex- plained that he had acceded to the faculty request for more time. 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