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Contributions
To The
Hebrew Academy
Speedy recovery to Rev.
Leonard Wallace:
Mr. & Mrs. Abraham
Luski
In honor of Bar Mitzvah of
Matthew Kodsi:
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen
Fishman
In appreciation to Dr. Ger-
son Asrael for performing
Brit on son:
Mr. & Mrs. Alen Dubin
In honor and recognition of
ongoing work for the
Charlotte Jewish community
to: Ruth Goldberg, Sherman
Levine, Harry Swimmer,
Lynn Lerner, Hugo
Rosen berger, Harry Lerner,
Helen Friedman and Murray
Bodner:
Dr. A Mrs. Gerson Asrael
For the speedy and complete
recovery of Eleanor We-
inglass:
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Hannes
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall
Rosenfeld
In honor of Bat Mitzvah of
Dalya Massachi:
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Hannes
After 400 Years, Jews Invite
Others To Become Converts
Say It With An
Academy Card
Send a check made out to
Hebrew Academy and your re
quest to Beryl Fishman, 5841
C oatbridge Lane, Charlollc.
N.C . 28212, Phone: 537-0220.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judaism, which quit seek
ing converts four centuries
ago under the hammering of
persecutions, is now openly
and actively seeking them
again.
The strategic change,
developing gradually and
sporadically over the past
three years, got formal
authorization at an assembly
in Boston of the Union of
American Hebrew Congrega
tions.
The step was termed a
“great milestone” in Jewish
history.
Representing the Reform
wing of the faith with more
than a million members in
750 synagogues across the
country, delegates approved
an inviting word to the
public-at-large, saying:
“Judaism is a loving,
meaningful, spiritual
religion that welcomes all
who wish to embrace it."
That arms-spread overture
was the first official, direct
bid in modern times by a ma
jor Jewish body to non-Jews
to become one.
It “lets people know that
Judaism is not a closed
society, but welcomes those
who wish to enter its ranks,”
explained a task force which
presented the adopted
“Jewish outreach” program.
However, it specified that
the work for converts was
not directed toward
adherents of other religions,
but rather toward the
religiously unattached, the
millions without religious af
filiation or preference.
“There is tremendous
potential for rendering an in
valuable service to countless
men and women yearning for
a religious focus for
themsleves and their
children,” said the task
force, headed by attorney
David W. Belin of Des
Moines, Iowa.
Potential and recent con
verts were termed “Jews-by-
choice.”
Judaism always has ac
cepted converts, but in the
present era has done so
cautiously with no national
ly organized efforts to in
form or attract affiliation.
To some extent, it was
discouraged, particularly in
Orthodox Judaism, with
those seeking to convert sub
jected to tests -of time, ques
tioning and warnings about
the difficulties of being
Jewish.
Launching a positive ap
proach to others is a step in
restoring authentic Judaism
and a “reconsecration of the
Jewish people as an eternal
... people of God,” the task
force said.
But it rejected use of such
terms as “missionizing” or
“proselytizing” as sug
gesting evangelistic-type ef
forts to woo into the fold
those already identified with
other religions.
Such “sheep-stealing,” as
it’s often called, was ruled
out.
The program, with exten
sive guides and other
materials for it already
prepared, aims not only at
the “unchurched,” but also
at unaffiliated Jews and to
give religious nurture to
mixed-marriage * couples,
whether or not the non-
Jewish spouse wants to con
vert.
In origins and in ancient
times, Judaism energetically
sought converts under ex
hortations of its prophets to
be a “light to the nations.”
In the early days of Chris
tianity, Judaism had con
verted 10 percent of the
Roman empire.
But after the Roman
emperor Constantine made
Christianity the official state
religion, and later under the
Islamic empire, conversion
to Judaism was banned
under penalty of death.
In the Middle Ages,
Jewish evangelizing efforts
revived to some degree,
despite intermittent repres
sion, but generally ceased in
the 16th century, laid low by
aggressive church pursuits
of heresy and an anti-Semitic
atmosphere in Europe.
So arose a Jewish “tradi
tion of not seeking con
verts,” the task force says, a
policy perpetuated for
various reasons such as
misunderstanding of Jewish
history and “fears of inciting
anti-Semitism.”
Creole Recipes
(Continued from Page 15)
2 cups tomatoes
1 cup uncooked rice
1 tbsp. flour
V4 cup minced green pepper
1 bay leaf
1 sprig parsley, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lb. smoked kosher sausage
1 'A cups tomato juice
Melt shortening in heavy
saucepan over medium heat.
Stir in flour, salami, and
green pepper. Simmer 5
minutes, stirring constantly.
Add remaining ingredients
except rice. Bring to boil.
Add rice to liquid. Cover and
simmer for 40 minutes until
all liquid is absorbed. Serves
six.
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