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temple, which is unusual in
Israel. Omri attends the
school because it is where
Haifa has its gifted children
program, which Omri has
been a part of for 11 years.
The school places greater
emphasis on Bible studies
than most Israeli high
schools do, and boasts an
active student government,
for which Omri credits the
school principal, Rabbi Re-
uven Samuels. They have
supported such causes as the
right of Ethiopian Jews to be
recognized as Jewish, co-
existence between Arabs and
Jews and the end of religious
violence between Israeli
Jews.
Omri and his fellow stu-
dents hold protests in what
Omri terms, "a positive way.
We don't look against some-
one, we look for united Jews,
we look for cooperation be-
tween all the streams of
Judaism. We look for
tolerance in different
streams."
Despite his connection with
the Reform movement, Omri
does not label himself a Re-
form Jew, stating that he will
decide that in the future.
For me, the importance is
that I'm Israeli, and the im-
portance is that I'm a -Jew."
He also feels his exchange
programs are important. "I've
just had a great time here,
and I think that it's already
influenced a lot of my per-
sonality and my ideas, atti-
tude toward Judaism and
even attitude to life. I think
it's a very worthwhile pro-
gram even to the congrega-
tion," and especially the
youth group because, he
points out, Israel will no
longer be just a place on the
map for them, but a place
where they know someone,
giving it a personal touch.
When Omri leaves Michi-
gan in December, Marge Mel-
len says her family will
"absolutely" stay in contact
with him. "We adore him.
We're going to miss him
when he goes back."
What will Omri tell his fel-
low students about the U.S.
when he returns? "I'll just
tell them the program, from
my point of view, it was very,
very successful. I got a won-
derful host family and I got a
very warm congregation.
Temple Israel is really a
great place to be. The high
school I went to was just
great ...
"And I'm still impressed in
the way that the Reform
moevement just understands
Judaism, believes in God, and
the ways they work ... I
think I got a lot of experience
from it. I just need to sit with
myself and to think what me,
Omri, stands in all this, huge
experience that I got
here." 111
Non-Jewish Sisterhood
Membership Argued
New York (JTA) — The
Women's League for Conser-
vative Judaism recently
called upon the Rabbinical
Assembly's Committee on
Law and Standards to deter-
mine whether the non-Jewish
woman in a mixed marriage
can become a Sisterhood
member.
At present, the Rabbinical
Assembly's Law Committee
has ruled that the 1,200-
member Conservative rabbis
should not accept mixed mar-
riage couples into their con-
gregation. However, there is
no sanction process and there
are some Conservative rabbis
who have permitted mixed
couples to become synagogue
members.
At the recent biennial
meeting of the Women's
League, a resolution was
adopted stating: "We
recognize with concern the
growing rate of mixed mar-
riages and the resulting situa-
tions that continue to arise
across the country in our af-
filiated Sisterhoods." The
resolution called on the Rab-
binical Assembly "to explore
all facets of the question and
establish standards and
guidelines for the synagogue
and its affiliated organiza-
tions."
The resolution added: "We
recognize the needs of non-
Jewish women, married to
Jewish men, whether affili-
ated or unaffiliated with a
synagogue, who have ex-
pressed the desire to pursue
Jewish aims an ideals. We
wish to encourage their par-
ticipation in Jewish com-
munity life." The Women's
League called for the develop-
ment of an educational and
cultural outreach program to
the non-Jewish women part-
ner in a mixed marriage.
Rabbi Kassel Abelson,
Rabbinical Assembly presi-
dent, told the convention that
the entire question of mixed
marriages must be dealt with
and that programs should be
established in each congrega-
tion to "deal with these ques-
tions and bring the family
closer to Judaism and closer
to the synagogue, so that
children of all mixed mar-
riages will be raised as Jews."
Where interest develops, he
added, "because the family is
warmly welcomed into the
congregation and their pro-
blems sympathetically dealt
with, we may discover that
the non-Jewish spouse will, at
some point, opt to study
about Judaism and even con-
vert to Judaism."