N EDITOR'S WATCH Yom KIPPUR from page 35 -hardt as part of a joint $50,000 gift to Schneier's bid to build a national coali- tion of rabbinical boards. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the newly created Congregation Shema Yisrael represents a crucible in religious toler- ance by bringing together Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstruc- tionist Jews to worship under one roof. The various streams worship simul- taneously, each in their own space, with their own prayer book and Torah, in a hotel ballroom divided into sections by movable walls. When the services end, the walls are removed and the chairs are rearranged. Then congregants, together, listen to mini sermons from Rabbi Juda Mintz and other prayer leaders. A discussion and a kiddush follow. "Everyone's talking about Jewish plu- ralism but not doing anything about it," Mintz said. "This, I pray, will be a model for others." He hopes people "poke their nose into another service, so as to appreciate and learn from one another." Mintz characterized his trailblazing as "a noble experiment." He said he's "concerned but overwhelmingly opti- mistic" about his synagogue's potential. "I view this as a really holy calling," he said. "I feel as if the Angel Gabriel is taking me by the hand, and telling me, `Do it'!" As the haunting melody of the Kol Nidrei ushers in Yom Kippur, I fervently hope we, individually and collectively, demonstrate to our rabbinic leaders that we want to bridge Judaism's often con- tentious streams without totally forgo- ing our divergent interpretations of Halachah. 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