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He gave much credit for the new
direction to the late singer-songwriter
Debbie Friedman. Because of her
influence, the music in Reform ser-
vices has become more contemporary.
The audience laughed when
Kalfus asked Gamer, "Why does the
Conservative movement criticize the
Reform movement and then 20 years
later you decide to do the same thing?"
He referred specifically to the ordina-
tion of women and homosexuals.
The Conservative movement's crit-
icism wasn't over the decisions them-
selves as much as about how they
were made, Gamer responded. "It's
about the process:' he said, admitting
"sometimes the Conservative move-
ment is just slower:'
Gamer said the biggest issue
dividing the two movements today
is patrilineal descent. The Reform
movement recognizes as Jewish a
person who has a Jewish father and
a non-Jewish mother, if that person
has had a Jewish education and
identifies as a Jew. The Conservative
movement follows traditional Jewish
law, which defines a Jew as some-
one born of a Jewish (or converted)
mother.
"This issue comes up a lot:' said
Gamer, who said he tries to be sensi-
tive to people's feelings. He said if
he counseled a couple who wanted
to marry and one was a "patrilineal"

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middle school teacher and diver-
sity club sponsor, she changed the
World Sabbath focus from clergy
to participation by youth and
young adults.
The event now begins with a
Jewish youth blowing the shofar, a
Muslim youth chanting the Muslim
Call to Prayer and a Hindu youth
blowing a conch shell, followed by
middle school, high school and
college youth giving additional
prayers for world peace from many
other religions: Jain, Buddhist,
Baha'i, Zoroastrian, Christian,
Hindu, Native American, Sikh,
Quaker and Unitarian.
The service features musical
offerings that reflect the individual
language, culture and tradition of
the many religions represented.
The highlight is when students
in grades 3-7 display white cotton
banners decorated with their ideas
about world peace. These banners
are then sewn into Children of
Peace Quilts, which are proudly
displayed at the World Sabbath
services.

Jew, he would not start by quoting
the law to them. I might suggest they
stay in the Reform movement if they
can find meaning there."
If they really wanted to marry
under Conservative auspices, he said,
the partner with the non-Jewish
mother would have to formally con-
vert.
The rabbis agreed that the biggest
challenge facing their movements
is transmitting Jewish values to
younger generations who are more
assimilated than their forebears.
Dolly Klein, 28, of Farmington said
the rabbis really nailed it when they
said the main difference between the
two movements was their approach
to Jewish tradition and autonomy.
She grew up at Temple Emanu-El,
while her husband comes from a
Conservative family.
"When questions come up about
how we're going to approach some-
thing, he always asks what Jewish
tradition says and I ask, 'How do we
feel about this and what are we going
to do?"' she said.
Aaron Schwartz, 39, of Oak Park,
a member of Beth Shalom, said
he appreciated the give and take
between the rabbis.
"I was surprised to learn how
much the pendulum has swung back
toward tradition within the Reform
movement:' he said.

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Over the years, this interfaith
happening has grown to attract
from 500-800 people.
This year at Adat Shalom, the
program will include the Hillel Day
School and Adat Shalom Youth
Choirs, under the direction of
Andrea Trivax, singing "Hinei Mah
Tov" as the processional of clergy,
singers, dancers and the Children
of Peace march into the sanctuary.
This year also will include
peace prayers from the Hindu,
Buddhist, Zoroastrian and Native
American traditions. Dancers
and singers will be performing
from the Christian, Sikh, Baha'i,
Unificationist, Hindu and Jain faith
traditions, along with the Imani
Children's choir from Greater New
Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist
Church in Detroit.
The event is open to the public.
For questions about involving
your children, contact Gail Katz
at gailkatz@comcast.net or (248)
978-6664. To view this year's pro-
gram, go to the World Sabbath
website at www.worldsabbath.org/
program.

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