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schools. Another enlists young Jews
in social-justice projects. He recent-
ly became chairman of the Detroit
Jewish News and the Atlanta Jewish
Times.
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and a political skeptic. Mostly, he's
a sworn contrarian.

out too eagerly to the unaffiliated
risks perverting Judaism. Liberals
say refusing to adapt means aban-
doning most of the next generation.
So will Makor make a long-term
impact? Well, about half of Makor's
monthly attendance is for the
cabaret, half for the upstairs pro-
grams. It's not clear how many
music fans actual-
ly wander upstairs.
Rabbi
Gedzelman is
planning a study
of his clientele,
which should help
clear that up. He
thinks audiences
are up to a quarter
non-Jewish at the cabaret, far less
upstairs.
The debate rages on, even down
at the bar. "I find it strange here,"
says Andrew Hahn, a graduate stu-
dent in Jewish philosophy. "It's sec-
ular, yet it's Jewish. It doesn't fit.
What keeps it Jewish? It makes
sense in Tel Aviv, not here."
A few feet away, Emma, a non-
J ewish filmmaker who won't give
her last name, has the opposite
problem. "The whole thing seems
narrow-minded and bigoted to me,"
he says. "If I'd known what the
urpose was, I wouldn't have come.
But now that I'm here, it's really
g reat."

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Critics worry that Makor
draws in non-Jews.

Makor, like many Steinhardt ini-
tiatives — including the free trips
through Birthright Israel, his best-
known — had naysayers howling
from Day One. Skeptics (this writer
included) considered Makor an
overpriced JCC for spoiled yuppies.
Costing $11 million to build,
requiring a staff of 28, it targeted a
population that was already richly
served by innovative synagogues and
two JCCs.
As usual, Steinhardt has the last
laugh. Five months after opening,
Makor draws between 1,000 and
1,500 people a week, staffers say. Its
mailing list tops 12,000 names.
Monthly Shabbat dinners are always
sold out.
"Saturday is always packed with
people dancing and everything,"
says Alex Dwek, sipping his wine.
"Sunday you can come for brunch,
meet people and hear good jazz."
Indeed, under Rabbi Gedzelman's
supervision, the basement cabaret,
open six nights a week (closed
Fridays), books acts as diverse as the
ezmatics, the Christian McBride
Band, bluesman Derek Trucks and
Pharaoh's Daughters, an Israeli
fusion group.
But success prompts new waves
f criticism. Makor's programs are
o popular, critics wonder: What's
revents non-Jews from coming?
hat if Makor ends up promoting
ntermarriage instead of fighting it?
In February, that debate exploded
n a hostile cover story in. New York
agazine. Titled "Goy Vey!," the
rticle took shots-at Makor as well
s Kosher Sex author Rabbi Shmuley
oteach. Its bottom line: trying to
ake Judaism popular and hip is
ad for Judaism.
The argument is not new.
raditionalists warn that reaching

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