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indulgence, but as our rightful
entitlement as Jews."
Rabbi Schindler said he would
like to be remembered most for
instituting programs to reach
out to the intermarried, unaffli-
ated and otherwise marginal-
ized, a strategy he said was
"cursed by a. fractious minority,
and blessed by thousands."
In doing so, the 70-year-old
may have introduced organized
Judaism's latest buzzword: in-
gathering.
"Ingathering is a good word
for what we have heretofore
called outreach, for it suggests a
gesture of embrace, not of strain.
We 'outreach' beyond our
bounds; we 'ingather' to a right-
ful home.
"Our Jewish boundaries
should be erected not as fences,
but as fringes, just as fringes of
the tallit (prayer shawl), which
Jews gather so lovingly and kiss
when they recite the Sh'ma."
At Shabbat services, as many
women as men donned tallitot
and knit kippot (skull caps), a
phenomena detected not only at
Reform settings but at some
egalitarian Conservative syna-
gogues as well.
Some theologians have noted
how the two movements seem to
be moving inexorably toward
blending, as Reform embraces
greater use of Hebrew and tra-
ditional practices and Conserv-
ative Judaism realizes that
many of its congregants do not
have a solid educational base.
While calling for synagogue
"refreshment and renewal," Rab-
bi Schindler chided noncommi-
tal Reform. "So unbound are we
from our lives from community,
so accustomed to our individu-
alism, that we often carry a kind
of consumerist 'prove-it-to-me'
attitude that is impossible for
even the best rabbi and the liveli-
est congregation to fulfill," he
said.
"Perhaps we are simply so in-
timidated by Judaism's prereq-
uisites, so ashamed of our
ignorance and uncertainty, so
loathe to feel helpless or lonely
or foolish, that before our mordi-
fication can surrender to awe,
we are gone through that re-
volving door."
As the delegates retreated to
their homes and temples, filled
to overflowing with resolve, there
was a palpable and overriding
sense of awe in the transforma-
tive power of Judaism, and for
one puckish provocateur of a rab-
bi. 0
Michael Davis is editor of our
sister newspaper, the Baltimore
Jewish Times.
Ann Landers' Slur
Fuels War Of Words
DAVID ZEMAN STAFF WRITER
R
emarks by advice columnist
Ann Landers — in which
she called Pope John Paul
II a "Polack" and Poles in
general "anti-women" — have
sparked a painful debate between
Jewish and Polish Catholic offi-
cials in the Detroit area.
Ms. Landers, who is Jewish,
made the remarks in a recent pro-
file in the New Yorker, drawing
widespread condemnation.
Among the outraged was the Rev.
Walter Ziemba, a teacher at the
Saints Cyril & Methodius Semi-
nary in Orchard Lake.
Appearing on W,11-?. Radio Dec.
1, the Rev. Ziemba reminded the
audience that "Ann Landers'
maiden name is Esther Fried-
man." He then called upon "the
entire Jewish community to apol-
ogize to (Detroit) Cardinal (Adam)
Maida" for the advice columnist's
statements.
That drew the wrath of Richard
Lobenthal, executive director of
the Michigan chapter of the Anti-
Defamation League, who labeled
the Rev. Ziemba's remarks anti-
Semitic.
"One, it was a gratuitous act of
hostility to identify Ann Landers
by her maiden name," Mr. Loben-
thal said. "And two, he had the au-
dacity to suggest that the entire
Jewish community owed an apol-
ogy for the stupid remarks of one
person.
"No one person speaks for an
entire community," Mr. Loben-
thal said. "And a community
doesn't bear the responsibility for
what one person says ... That's like
saying that all Jews are respon-
sible for the death of Jesus, for-
ever and ever."
The Rev. Ziemba did not return
multiple calls. Monsignor Stanley
Milewski, chancellor of the Or-
chard Lake Schools, which in-
cludes the seminary, also could
not be reached for comment.
The Rev. Ziemba's remarks
were confirmed by WJR program
director Skip Essick and morning
show host Frank Beckmann, who
called the episode "unfortunate."
'Personally, I don't think when
one person slurs a segment of our
population that an entire other
segment of our population should
be held accountable for one indi-
vidual's opinion," Mr. Beckmann
said.
"That's like saying every black
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