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Indianapolis Indiana Jewish Post (Newspaper) - November 5, 1965, Indianapolis, IndianaHalf of Dartmouth jewish freshmen say no to Judaism Man sufficient to face challenges says rabbi wine a Hartford a is the Glass half empty or half full prof. Jacob Neusner of Dartmouth College relates in the jewish Ledger Here that of the approximately 190 jewish freshmen enrolling this year half voluntarily indicated when asked that they Are jewish. T a it is easy Enogh Quot prof. N Cusner who holds rabbinic ordination wrote a to lament the fact that approximately fifty Young men opted out of Judaism on our Campus but i am far More impressed by those who chose when free to decline to associate themselves with Dartmouth taking the position that it Quot is an error to continue to run after those who want to run away a prof. Neusner wrote that a if anyone has doubts about the jewish future in America to can find his proof Here. But if anyone has Confidence As do i in the future of Judaism in America Here too is Good ground for it Neusner who is assistant professor in the department of religion would not go running after those who would ignore their Judaism. A it is an error to think that we achieve anything by begging childishly or by pleading in an undignified Way with those who turn their backs on us. If they choose to come now and then to give once in a while to do on rare occasion the jewish deeds we ask of ourselves it will not be out of a sense of duty or personal responsibility but because they Are doing someone a Mother Grandfather or god a a favor. Judaism needs no favors. The jewish people needs no condescension. I think it is time we chose a More mature Way. Quot it is time to tear Down and to build up to tear Down the patronizing and selfish attitudes of assimilated jews in our midst and to build up the respectful and self respecting jewish consciousness of committed Indianapolis ind. A controversial rabbi Sherwin wine whose new congregation in Birmingham mich., just outside of Detroit has dropped god from its services found a sympathetic forum audience Here As he gave a Clear picture of his congregations attempt to meet the needs of the modern jew. He defined his Birmingham temples views As humanism in a jewish framework. When challenged from the audience As to Why the need for a jewish framework the Young handsome rabbi responded that a i As a human being need a cultural and aesthetic framework for the expression of my rabbi wine was sceptical of attempts of Reform to modify the prayer Book. A Reform translated the prayer Book with a few adjustments it is tolerable when you read it in hebrew and done to understand but intolerable read in he used the term piddling to describe the changes. Rabbi wine deftly parried questions such As the mystery of life by responding that he accepts that life is full of mystery but he differs from other re of Phoenix jews close their stores Harry Golden responds to rabbis challenging Friday night lecture Charlotte . A a letter from the Phoenix Arizona rabbinical Council expressing dismay that Harry Golden would address a Phoenix College Fouraa o n Friday night brought the c 1 a a s l Cal jewish Golden response which is to answer a question with a question. Golden in replying to rabbi Hillel Fried Nan and rabbi Adam Neuberger president and Secretary of the Council asked Quot do the jews of Phoenix close their stores and other establishments on the Sabbath do not drive their cars or buy As much As a newspaper a the rabbis letter said the Council Felt Golden s Friday night lecture was in Quot poor a a person of your standing in the general Community a jew portraying and representing an aspect of jewish life in this country should be More sensitive to the inner sources of jewish life a the rabbis wrote. The rabbis further stated they were a a dismayed that Golden a should choose to publicly flaunt the Sabbath. Golden in replying said he rejected the letter a with deep a on the contrary Quot he said a specifically As a jew. I thank god for this special privilege a that on a Sabbath i will be delivering a Sermon at the Phoenix College forum a on social Justice which i believe is still the very essence of Golden editor of the Carolina israelite and author of such bestsellers As Only in America and for two cents Plain said he came from a deeply religious family. Quot i think my Mother would have been deeply chagrined to see me Riding and working on the Sabbath a he said. A but i think she May have understood by this time that to considerable degree we must reflect the habits and systems of the surrounding society if we Are to compete intellectually and Golden also rejected the thought that he was not sensitive to the a dinner sources of jewish life. He cited the fact that on yom kippur of 1961, instead of going to the Temple he drove 170 Miles to put up bail for two Freedom riders who were arrested for a of interpreted that As responding to the inner sources of jewish life a he said. A it was for me the most rewarding yom kippur of my entire As for lecturing on Friday night Golden said it did not conflict with attending religious services. He said he had experienced Many such a Friday night occasions a on which he went a from the lecture Hall to the Temple or rabbi Sherwin t. Wine Plain language i zionists in that be states frankly he does no to know while they attempt to give the answers to the mysteries. He described the services it his 2-year old Temple which has grown from 140 to 165 members in the past year As divided into three sections All specially prepared. They Are meditation the lesson and the Sermon and All three Are usually tied together by a common theme. In an interview prior to his lecture he indicated that prayer As such played no role in his service which usually was devoted to readings fro the Bible the talmud or jewish literature old and new. Music was prominent during the meditation part of the service. In his lecture he contrasted the absence of prayers with the Normal jewish service in which he asserted Quot the whole mood. Is childish he said ancient religion relied on the celestial father figure a and this idea keeps Man in the childhood state. Wine said Man had a within himself the Power to face the world and to face his he outlined a theory that Man is ultimately responsible for Bis own fulfilment. The thread running through his talk which brought out a Large audience for the resumption of a forum which had been one of the highlights of the Winter season but which was discontinued some 15 years ago was that things that concern Man must be discussed in Plain language. He insisted that common sense and experience Are the factors which must dominate Many a thinking and applied the same criterion to religion. he said a must not exhaust itself with redefining words that cannot be he saw a gloomy future for Judaism if it failed to affirm clearly a Reliance on empiricism and Many a responsibility for his own salvation. When someone from the audience pointed out that much of this was Good jewish doctrine. Rabbi wine said that almost anything could be proved by referring to jewish tradition or quoting from jewish sources. A final question evoked a burst of laughter when he was asked Why he had t turned to unitarianism. He said to the questioner a you met my Mother.1 rabbi wine compared the jew of old with the modern jew by using the word Quot integrity to describe those jews no practice what they preached. He warned that free inquiry was not enough and unless responsibility was also a Factor it would Lead to disaster. Answering a question before it was asked he said in his address that there was no separation Between religion and science. He pointed out that the response of those who Are confronted with scientific questions As they affect the fiend of religion is that these Are two separate realms. They contend that religion is concerned with values while science is concerned with information. He said this analysis was invalid and that rabbis priests and ministers reach conclusions before they begin their investigation. Immigration applications from Israel remain steady Tel Aviv a the new u. S. Immigration Bill which would open the Gates to Many nationals of european countries now living in Israel has caused almost no increase in applications. Loren e. Lawrence american Consul Here told the Post and opinion that since the signing of Public Law 89-236 on oct. 3, the embassy has experienced no appreciable upsurge in applications for immigration. He 9aid, however the embassy a has begun receiving a slightly increased number of verbal or written inquiries from the general Public. Lawrence explained that the number of applications has been approximately 150 a month for the past year and a half. The embassy has approximately 15,000 applications on registration under the old immigration Law with its rigid quota does the Post and opinion carry More advertising now than at any time in its history the answer is simple. Our advertisers get results

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