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Jewish Unity
Thurs., July 2 - Sun.. July 5
Friday, June 5, 1987
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
sion for fear they'd grant
legitimacy to liberal rabbis by
sitting down at a table with
them. I think such a position is
arrogant and wrong."
. "Moreover, we in the Or-
thodox community have not
always been models of
tolerance, openness and decen-
cy in expressing our opinions.
We have to learn to be more
civilized, more respectful in our
approach, more conscious of Ec-
clesiastes' admonition, 'Words
spoken softly by wise men are
more heeded than the foolish
rantings and ravings of an of-
ficial," commented Yolkut.
"Conversely, Conservative and
Reform Jewish leaders must
also learn the same lesson, and
not adopt the same stridency
used by the Orthodox ex-
tremists. It seems to me that
threats, innuendos, financial
blackmail, ads in the New York
Times, are all unbecoming and
divisive, no matter who
employs the tactics — Or-
thodox, Conservative or
Reform. So let us talk to each
other — let us talk about the
issues that divide us, but let us
talk with respect, with compas-
sion, with menschlichkeit."
The topic of conversion
brought practical suggestions
along with the various inter-
pretations of the social impact
it has had. Yolkut called for a
readiness to explore methods of
conversion that are acceptable
to all branches of Judaism.
The Jewish divorce, the "get,"
was another topic of discussion.
Yolkut and Groner said they
feel that not obtaining a get is
one of the forces that can cause
disintegratin of Jewish identity.
Many couples have ended
their marriages with a civil
divorce, but not a Jewish
divorce as well. Problems arise
if they enter into second mar-
riages, without first having ob-
tained a get. They are con-
sidered by the traditional seg-
ment of the Jewish community
as not being married but ratehr
living in an adulterous state,
and any children by this second
marriage are supposedly il-
legimate — "marnzerim" — a
fact those children may not
discover until they attempt to
marry an Orthodox or Conser-
vative mate.
This state of illegitimacy is not
rectifiable by attending a
mikvah (ritual bath) or having
blessings said by a rabbi. "We
have here the potential of large
numbers of illegitimate
children ineligible to marry
other Jews, particularly tradi-
tional Jews," observed Yolkut.
Those children are Jewish, but
they remain illegimate by most
Jewish standards.
The picture painted by the
rabbis was bleak, but all stress-
ed the potential for unity and
solutions to the problems.
Dealing with the effects of
patrilineal descent calls for less
individual measures. Instead, a
very public step would be the
remedy, they suggested. Both
Groner and Yolkut would like
to see the 1983 resolution com-
pletely rescinded, and only
matrilineal descent recognized.
In the meantime, the children
of patrilineal descent could ap-
ply for conversion.
The Jewish divorce situation
could be alleviated by public
awareness. A suggestion was
made of a prenuptial agree-
ment that if the marriage end-
ed in divorce, a get would be ob-
tained as well as the civil
document.
The question of Jewish unity
was summed up by Syme who
said, "Anyone familiar with the
book of Exodus knows it ex-
presses the basic philosophy of
Jewish history. It describes the
oppression in Egypt, and then
says, 'The more they oppressed
them, the more they grew
strong' . . . It raises the ques-
tion: if the Jews found the
secret of growing strong under
oppression, have we found the
secret of remaining strong
under liberty and prosperity?"
Modern living gives rise to
several challenges, and these
are bringing internal weakness
in the Jewish communal struc-
ture, said Syme. An ending of
isolation has brought about
mixed marriages; liberty has
brought with it apostasy (the
act of renouncing one's faith or
principles); and prosperity has
caused many problems, one of
which is children who are being
raised to have no respect for
their elders. "The child-
centered home in many cases
created the self-centered child."
"Our task now," said Syme,
"is to see whether we can do
anything to counter the af-
fluence that's destroying
Jewish values and standards.
Orthodox, Conser-
All of us
vative and Reform — are no
longer isolated, no longer op-
pressed, nor poverty-stricken.
The question is, can we remain
strong in spite of our bless-
ings?"
—
Groner said he sees the pro-
blem of Jewish unity not as a
conflict between Orthodox and
non-Orthodox, but rather "the
conflict is with those living
with a very insulated view of
Judaism, and those who will
not remain behind this
ideological `mechitsa' (parti-
tion). The conflict is between
those who are fundamentalist
and intolerant, and those who
recognize there's a larger truth
that embraces all of us.
Syme made a plea to all
members of the Jewish com-
munity, no matter what their
ideology may be, to present a
united stand, and discourage
the public from scheduling com-
munal events on Friday nights,
particularly at Jewish country
clubs, and he also suggested not
attending Jewish functions
where the laws of kashrut are
not observed. "I'd like to see a
little more sensitivity towards
the traditional Jews in such