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Send a gift subscription to HUNTER'S SQUARE /TALLY HALL 31045 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD FARMINGTON HILLS, Ml 48018 (313) 855-383 8 NEW HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sun. 12-5 p.m. THE JEWISH NEWS! handba s and accessories THE ULTIMATE IN WOMEN'S ACCESSORIES La Mirage • 29555 Northwestern Hwy. • Southfield, MI 48034 • (313) 356-8870 28 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988 ""1.1111" rou Seeks Su lA rerifork Can established Orthodox rabbinic groups absorb or encourage the opinions of an emerging arm of "centrist" rabbis, or is a separate body needed to provide support for those rabbis who think Or- thodoxy has turned too far to the right? The more than 50 centrist Orthodox rabbis who last month attended the first con- ference of the Fellowship of Traditional Orthodox Rabbis (FTOR) did not seem prepared to reject either question. On the one hand, their presence at the two-day con- ference held at New York's Kennedy Airport indicated their dissatisfaction with ma- jor rabbinic organizations like the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America or the Rabbinical Council of America. They feel their voices are not being heard in the halls of those institutions. On the other hand, nearly all signaled a reluctance to break completely from those groups, and know both the RCA and the OU have come out against efforts to form what the organizations call "splinter" groups. "We're embryonic!" said Rabbi Ephraim Zimand, of the Traditional Congregation in St. Louis, Mo. "We're not going to issue decisions but make available all of the rele- vant acceptable opinions. We'll provide an open-minded platform where you can ex- change ideas without feeling put down if you had a minori- ty opinion." The FTOR represents the avant-garde of centrist Ortho- doxy, which is attempting to combine adherence to Halachah, or Jewish law, with a commitment to Zionism, a dedication to secular education and in- volvement, and a willingness to at least conduct dialogues with members of non- Orthodox Jewish movements. The FTOR began in August 1987 under the initiative of Rabbis Stanley Wagner of Denver, Cola, and Benzion Kaganoff of Chicago, Ill. According to Wagner, of Congregation Beth Hamed- rosh Hagodol, the intention was to create a group that identified with what he calls "Traditionalist rabbis!' Wagner defined "tradi- tionalists" as rabbis who are liberal in their interpretation of Jewish law or who even make sacrifices in terms of Halachah. A frequently cited example of the latter is the lack of a synagogue mehitza, the fence or curtain that separates men a=women worshipers. Wagner said at least 100 rabbis, most with mixed- seating synagogues, have ex- pressed an interest in joining the organization. Firms Protest Technicality Washington (JTA) — a U.S. and Israeli firm have pro- tested a decision by the U.S. Army to remove their joint venture firm from considera- tion for a $70 million contract because the firm does not meet the requirements of U.S. defense contract laws. Tadiran Ltd. of Aviv and Hazeltine Corp. of Greenlawn, N.Y., have filed the protest with the U.S. General Accounting Office over the decision by the Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM). A Hazeltine source said the joint venture of Hazeltine and Tadiran — Haz-Tad Inc. — "ap- peared to be the lowest bid- der" for the contract, which is to build advanced military communications ststems known as digital group multiplexers. Haz-Tad was removed in Ju- ly from consideration because it is not considered a manufacturer or regular con- tractor under the Walsh- Healy Public Contracts Act, a Hazeltine source said. A congressional source ex- plained that under the act, defense contracts must be awarded to firms that are "manufacturers or regular dealers!" He termed Haz-Tad "nothing more than a three- man office formed as an ad- ministrative arm" for both companies. Sleep Theory Is Blasted Tel Aviv (JTA) — Sleep and dream researchers at the Haifa lbchnion sleep labora- tory appear to have exploded the conventional wisdom that the best way to deal with hid- den phobias is to bring them out to light by psychiatric methods. Addressing the ninth Euro- pean Congress on Sleep Research in Jerusalem last week, Professor Peretz Lavie, a psychologist who heads the sleep lab, said that Holocaust , survivors who have made the best adaptations in their lives are the ones whose dream patterns show that they have succeeded in repressing, rather than recalling, their harrowing experiences.