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W f t Maple • Birmingham 3 1 3 5 4 9 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." ❑ Choral Group Seeks Singers Women who love to sing are in- vited to join the Choral Group of the Music Study Club of Met- ropolitan Detroit. Rehearsals are held at Southfield Civic Center, Parks and Recreation Building 10-11:30 a.m. every Thursday morning. For information, call Shirley Belkin, 661-1295; or Ann Ross, 544-2589.