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If the seminary's ques- tionable position were taken seriously, the only women who could lead services would be those who had obligated them- selves to fulfill all time-bound mitzvot, including tallit, tefil- lin and prayer in a minyan three times a day. Will those women who do not want these oaths and obligations added to their already manifold respon- sibilities be "lesser women" than those, who, lightly or in earnest, accept them? This latest "egalitarian" step of the JTS, in attempting to make the roles of men and women identi- cal, has created inequity where none existed before. What is this egalitarianism that has become the single religious passion of our Conser- vative movement? According to the noted Jewish educator Dr. Miriam Klein Shapiro, "It is based on the assumption that women can only be equal to men when they do identical things. That, to my mind, is true male chauvinism." In its headlong plunge into egalitarianism, the seminary has not begun to fathom the consequences of its actions. Is it sad to realize that the once great and halachically- oriented Conservative move- ment now follows the lead of the reconstructionist and Re- form movements. Both move- ments, which are not bound by Jewish law, took the step of or- daining women as rabbis and cantors years ago. Both, moti- vated by the same secular egalitarian force which now animates the seminary, took the next reasonable step, the acceptance of patrilineal des- cent. Though it may be denied today, that step is now inevita- ble in the Conservative move- ment. There are thousands of Con- servative Jews who still are passionately committed to Halachah and tradition, as well as the historical approach to Judaism which char- acterizes our classical conser- vative movement. Now is not the time to throw our hands up in dismay. It is a time to join hands with likeminded Jews throughout the Jewish com- munity and support activities which add to Jewish life, rather than divide us. The needs expressed by modern committed Jewish women must be addressed. There is room within Jewish law on feminist issues without doing damage to our tradition. Indeed, the Panel of Halachic Inquiry of the Union for Tradi- tional Conservative Judaism has recently issued its first volume of responsa, which though rejected by some of our Orthodox colleagues, are a hal- lachic way for women to ex- press their need for public wor- ship. - There are many halachic an- swers to difficult issues today. Some of these allow us to func- tion according to our secular values, and some do not. But before we begin tampering with tradition, let us all look inward carefully and make sure that what we are asking of the tradition is a result of our commitment to living it. Vandalism Called Racist Washington (JTA) — The lawyer for a suburban Washington synagogue that had been desecrated argued before the United States Supreme Court last week that while Jews can not be con- sidered a race, the vandalism was a racist act. Patricia Brannan, a Wash- ington lawyer, said that the eight men who sprayed swas- tikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the Shaare 'Mk Congregation synagogue in Silver Spring, Maryland, Nov.1, 1982, acted because they considered Jews as non-whites. Deborah Garren, a Balti- more lawyer representing one of the vandals, however, claimed that while the act was one of religious discrimi- nation it was not racist as defined by the civil rights laws adopted in 1866. Shaare Thfila, a Conser- vative congregation, was defaced with swastikas and other Nazi symbols and such slogans as "Death to the Jude" and "In-Take a Shower Jew." Eight persons were later ar- rested for the suit and two of them were convicted of dam- aging the synagogue.The synagogue filed a suit in federal court against all eight charging that the congrega- tion's civil rights had been violated. The suit seeks $3,000 to cover the cost of repainting the synagogue's walls with any other money awarded going to the Montgomery County Human Relations Commission. The synagogue is in Montgomery County which borders Washington. However, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, rejected the suit in a 2-1 decision which said Jews could not use the civil rights law for protec- tion as they were not a separate non-white race.