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or decades, Jewish reli-
gious school students
have been learning about
the men who have influ-
enced Jewish history. But au-
thor/scholar Ellen Umansky
would like more women to be
included in the textbooks. Dur-
ing a February 4-6 "Scholar In
Residence" weekend in Ann Ar-
bor, she will speak to Temple
Beth Emeth youngsters about
the Jewish women who have
left their mark.
"I want to give greater visi-
bility to some of the 19th and
early 20th century Jewish
women who saw their work as
educators, social workers, ac-
tivists and volunteers, as an im-
portant means of transforming
their homes, their communities
and the world," said Dr. Uman-
sky. /
Among the women she will
be discussing are Lillian Mon-
tagu, founder of the Reform
Jewish Movement in London in
1902, and Tehilla Lichtenstein,
who from 1938 until her death
in 1973 was the sole spiritual
leader of a group called the So-
ciety of Jewish Science.
"Montagu was an unor-
dained spiritual leader who
functioned as a lay rabbi in her
own congregation in England
for almost 60 years," Dr. Uman-
sky explained. "And she found-
ed the World Union for
Progressive Judaism in 1926."
"Lichtenstein emphasized
spiritual healing and spread her
religious message through ra-
dio broadcasts during the
1940s."
However, enlightening the
youth about the impact of re-
markable Jewish women is only
a part of Dr. Umansky's agen-
da during her three-day en-
gagement. During Beth
Emeth's Friday evening and
Saturday morning Shabbat ser-
vices, she is scheduled to share
her thoughts about the future
of Reform liturgy and how
prayer might become more
meaningful for Reform Jews in
the next 20 years. She is also
going to talk about what she be-
lieves is the return to tradition
in Reform Judaism.
"There is a trend to keep
kosher and to reinstate prayers
that were taken out years ago.
The Reform Movement, which
has grown numerically, has
gone from 99 percent English,
to half Hebrew. But that does
not mean that Reform is be-
coming more Conservative or
Dr. Ellen Umansky
Orthodox — instead it indi-
cates a desire to make Judaism
a more meaningful part of
everyday life."
A resident of New York, Dr.
Umansky serves as an adjunct
associate professor at Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion and is an active
member of the American Acad-
emy of Religion.
It was about six years ago
that she began leading scholar
weekends, realizing they would
give her a chance to talk about
her research in depth.
"These weekends are won-
derful," said Dr. Umansky, who
is presently completing a book,
to be published by Oxford Uni-
versity Press, titled From
Christian Science to Jewish Sci-
ence: Spiritual Healing and
American Jews. "These work-
shops also give congregants an
opportunity to explore Judaic
issues extensively in both large
and small group settings."
Hoping to reach the broader
Jewish community in both Ann
Arbor and the Detroit area, Dr.
Umansky will be speaking at
University of Michigan Hillel
on Saturday night, Feb. 5, about
"Finding God: What Our Fore-
mothers Can Teach Us." There
is a charge.
Dr. Umansky would like to
see in the future "a greater in-
clusion of lay voices in helping
to decide the future directions
of Reform Judaism. A greater
access by women to positions of
religious and lay leadership and
a greater effort on both the con-
gregational and national level
to articulate the connection be-
tween Judaism as a way of
thinking, and Judaism as a way
of life." ❑
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For information, call Shirley
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544-2589.