ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS PICK...THE GREETING OF YOUR CHOICE American Jewish com- munities. Temple Beth El engaged a series of edu- cated and enlightened rabbis who, with the sup- /-port and encouragement of influential laymen, insti- tuted a series of reforms in the liturgy and the obser- vance of holidays. Despite all their efforts at "moder- nizing" the rituals and service to make them more 1 \ palatable to Americanized and native members, reli- gious apathy and non- attendance remained prob- lematic. By the Twentieth Century, however, Beth El began to backtrack on some of its earlier reforms. Feeling that Reform may have gone too far, congre- gational leaders sought to Tri.v.s.marluce more of the Judaism. Neverttieloalf / `, religion played a diminish- ing role in the lives of De- --,troit's second and third generation German Jews. Backsliding and indif- ference affected the East- ern European Jews as well. Religious obser- vances declined and viola- tions of the Sabbath be- = came increasingly open and obvious. One congre- gation, Shaarey Zedek, sought to counteract the apathy of its Americanized members by modifying its Orthodoxy and joining the Conservative movement in Judaism. These measures, however, failed to stem disinterest within the con- gregation. Disunity was the rule rather than the exception within Detroit's Jewish community. Class, cultural, /- and religious differences \, separated the Germans from the Eastern Euro- peans; and ethnic dif- ferences, disagreements about rituals, and personal idiosyncracies kept the Eastern European Jewish community fragmented. In spite of these distinctions, however, the groups coop- erated for overseas relief and to combat local anti- , Semitism. Relations between Jews and non-Jews remained amicable in the former and / interdenominational sec- tors of city life. This was characterized by pulpit ex- changes and Jewish par- ticipation in Detroit civic and political affairs. `= Nonetheless, an undercur- rent of anti-Semitism per- sisted throughout the period encompassed by this study. Its most obvi- ous manifestation occurred in the social sphere, where Jews suffered almost total exclusion. Detroit remained an Anglo-Saxon Protestant stronghold, with Jewish antagonism turned ugly, with Eastern • European — NAME — May the coming A• year be filled $11.50 #1 , zfOk: vannri nalkl U Uu2 with health and — NAME — -"pa1c4., " 'Sy; 2 w happiness for all our family to all our friends and relatives. #2 4 ;1 5 and friends. $21.50 — NAME — #3 $31 L'Shana Tova We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness. #5 A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family. To All Our Relatives and Friends, Our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity. — NAME — #9 $72 MAI I I I I I I I I '31 - 4 May the coming year be one filled with health, happiness and prosperity for all our friends and family. May the New Year Bring To All Our Friends and Family Health, Joy, Prosperity and Everything Good in Life. / — Continued on next page ii