the ba'alei teshuvah (newly
Orthodox) movement and
-.,0 the increasing political and
moral influence of Or-
thodoxy in Israel.
Geography may also ex-
plain the strength of more
traditionalist elements in
Orthodoxy. Rabbis with
pulpits outside New York
' complain that the right-wing
,,pressure is coming
predominantly from New
York, where, they say, it's
far easier to be strictly
observant.
"It's easier to be Orthodox
c - in New York by osmosis,"
, said Rabbi Ehrenkranz.
"Rabbis in Brooklyn and
Queens have ready-made
congregations that are al-
ready consistently obser-
vant. But once you're out of
ID the confines of New York,
your Orthodox constituency
r) is minimally observant.
"These Orthodox Jews
need Orthodox leadership,
too," he said.
In the summer of 1988, a
group calling itself the
Fellowship of Traditional
7', Orthodox Rabbis was formed
in reaction to right- wing
pressure within the RCA.
"There was a feeling of
isolation that a fair number
of rabbis had within the
RCA," explained Rabbi Juda
) Mintz, an FTOR member
I ` whose synagogue, B'nai
-_iTorah in Atlanta, does not
have a mechitzah separating
men from women. "They did
not subscribe to the Conser-
vative ideology nor were
they accepted by the Or-
thodox movement," he said.
The FTOR advocates
mutual dialogue among the
major movements of
Judaism; supports women's
prayer groups, such as Wo-
men of the Wall; favors the
r approach of the controver-
, sial Denver plan to have Or-
thodox, Conservative,
Reform and Reconstruc-
tionist rabbis rule jointly on
conversion; and advocates a
liberal Orthodoxy that will
tolerate synagogues without
mechitzahs.
) The organization's forma-
tion was precipitated in the
summer of 1985 "by a
movement on the part of the
Orthodox Union" to eject
those member congregations
that did not have mechit-
zahs, said Rabbi Shoham of
Kansas City, who is exec-
utive director of the FTOR.
They were told to erect a
mechitzah or else risk
dismissal from the Orthodox
Union. Rabbis of these con-
gregations felt threatened
and worried that they would
not be able to secure place-
ment in other Orthodox
pulpits.
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