The Spice Box
THE SHOE BOX Denominations . . . and then some When the Rev. Bailey Smith told the Southern Baptist Convention—in a notorious assertion from which he later backed off— that "God Almighty does not...
...The book "offers practical and thought-provoking suggestions for those who feel the need for a regular and special time to contemplate, appreciate—and enjoy!—life and God...
...Examples of titles considered and rejected: Jehovah's Wetnesses...
...Reports of increased anti-Semitism notwithstanding, the Jews and Christians of America may not be so far apart after all...
...Three Cheers for Jewish Summer Damping...
...Our daughter, Julie, is Assistant National Director of Project Renewal...
...Topless in Denver (or Tell It Not in Aspen...
...Not long ago Jews for Jesus sought an organizational and propa-gandistic foothold on campus, and perhaps the representatives of Jewish humanism cannot be far behind...
...Groner draws our special attention to the subjects discussed on tape number six...
...Directions and Distractions...
...Unlike others, Brandeis has also harbored a student group of Sephardic Jews, expressing grievances against Ashkenazic discrimination...
...Paul, Minnesota, the Jewish National Fund office is located in the Lumber Exchange Building...
...One cannot fulfill one's obligation to pray by going to a Conservative congregation, either on the High Holidays or during the year...
...How else...
...Brandeis students who have formed havurot might conclude that, since they worship together on Shabbat, they ought to be together during the High Holy Days as well...
...I have been chairman of several divisions within the Stamford UJF over the years...
...Let us make your...
...Steve Whitfield Gremlins everywhere Subscriber Murray Milkman from Allen-town, Pennsylvania spotted a little note in The Wall Street Journal of Friday, August 27, relating that Prescott Bush apparently had to destroy 19,000 fund raising letters appealing for help to pay off the debts from his aborted campaign for the Connecticut Senate nomination...
...But for 5743, a sixth service— Reconstructionist— was added to accommodate that religious persuasion as well...
...Until this year its Hillel Foundation sponsored five different services during the High Holy Days...
...I'm also the ways of Wisconsin...
...director of a large cancer center and must respond to frequent emergencies...
...The existing Student-Creative services seem almost designed to yield a range of alternatives as well...
...Rub-a-dub Dub, a Minyan (accent on second syllable) in a Tub...
...We reserve the right to edit all submissions...
...They share the boardroom, maybe...
...We wish to state that, in accordance with our holy Tora, it is forbidden to participate in prayers held by the Mesorati ('Conservative') Movement...
...note: name deleted to protect the soggy] to discuss the directions of Reform Judaism at Temple Emanuel...
...When Russell replied, "Agnostic," the warden—puzzled by the term but undeterred— supposed that in any case we "all worship the same God...
...On a campus of only 2,700 undergraduates, even one with a predominantly-Jewish student body, this range would presumably have managed to satisfy virtually any liturgical and theological taste...
...Please send us ideas, notes, curiosities—anything you'd like to share with our subscribers...
...Extra Terrestrial...
...My wife is a former chairperson of the Women's Division of the Stamford, Connecticut UJF...
...They were all addressed, "Dear Rabbi...
...Once the number of different services grows that large, it is hard to imagine any principle that might be invoked to prevent the number from going higher...
...A game for everyone...
...We maybe onto something The Seabury Press is releasing a new book, called Sabbath Time...
...Sorry, wrong number Sidney Epstein writes us that, as president of Allied Van Lines, Inc., he was rather surprised to see this cartoon in Vancouver's July 19 Providence Opinion...
...Going the Baptists One Better...
...Be sure to include your name, address and telephone number...
...Klal Yisrael We keep bumping into examples of our non-oneness that are distressing, to say the least...
...Depending on length, we'll pay from $5 to $50 for material that is accepted...
...She is currently a vice president of UJF...
...The headline invites the reader to "STUDY TORAH THIS SUMMER...
...Membership" in the Agudah, the flyer advises, "is out message to Conservative and Reform groups that we will not permit them to obtain a foothold in Israel, nor to continue their destructive course in this country...
...They saved the best for last...
...Even in Wisconsin We share with you the also very active in the license plates and ex- Jewish day school planatory letter of here, Hillel Academy, of Larry and Marsha which I've served Hurwitz of Milwaukee: many years as president...
...The gay rights group on campus has yet to add piety to its agenda, but such congregations exist elsewhere in the United States...
...Yet those who pray under the auspices of Hillel should really be thought of as akin to Bertrand Russell's jailer, who asked the imprisoned World War I pacifist his religion...
...Do you suppose somebody is trying to tell us something...
...From the Red Sea to the Hot Tub—The Unlikely Saga of the Jewish People...
...Both hers and RUACH Jeeps are equipped (wind, spirit) is mine...
...Like many American universities, Brandeis has an organization of Hispanic Americans...
...SheTiirtivanu Lazman Hazeh: The New Jewish Thirst...
...Perhaps the most striking illustration of the varieties of Jewish religious experience can be found at Brandeis University, which happens to be the only non-sectarian, non-denominational institution of higher learning in the United States that officially cancels classes on Shemini Atzeret...
...The advertisement then describes a six-cassette series of questions and answers of Jewish law, discussed by a "world renowned Educator and Rabbinic authority...
...In the same way, one cannot fulfill one's obligation to hear the blowing of the shofar at the 'prayer' houses of the Conservative Movement...
...RUACH has been used, on occasion, to rescue elderly folk from their homes on days when the drifts are too deep for regular ambulances...
...Invitation Readers are invited— and encouraged—to submit material for The Spice Box...
...Setting aside a sabbath time will deepen an awareness of life as a gift from the hand of God...
...We are Once upon a mikveh Actually, the title of this tidbit might have been different...
...Woods and forests Rabbi Bruce Kadden notes that in his community, St...
...Rocky Mountain Fever...
...But for those who don't want to skimp on the big simchah, we saw an ad in a Boston paper that promises to "Make your Bar/Bat Mitzvah or Party Very Special...
...indeed, there were several compelling candidates...
...This may sound like the Shabbos many of us already know and enjoy, but the book's subtitle is: "Understanding and Practice for Contemporary Christians...
...Yes, But Have You Ever Tried to Burn a Cross in One...
...Is there life on other planets...
...stranded children and RECHEV (Chariot) is faculty members...
...But those who believe that the slogan "We Are One" bears some relationship to reality need not feel discouraged...
...We have five from ditches, synachildren who need con- gogue parking lots, etc...
...Last One In's A Conservative...
...Hot Tub, Will Dawen...
...They have been: 1) Orthodox, 2) Reform, 3) Conservative-Traditional, 4) Conservative-Egalitarian (in which women fully participate in ritual and worship) and 5) Student-Creative (in which prayers written specifically for the occasion are often accompanied by guitars and singing...
...Pac-Man, Asteroids, Invaders, and 200 other games for your party...
...We have been "My wife and I drive known to rescue identical Jeep trucks...
...We therefore issue this holy appeal to the public not to be tempted by the propaganda of this movement, not to participate in any of their activities, and not to associate with them____" It goes on...
...Philadelphia reader Judy Groner sent us an ad from a Jewish newspaper that she thought might be of interest...
...Have women ever worn Tefillin or been called to the Torah during Synagogue services...
...What A Helluva Way to Greet the Messiah...
...Religious pluralism on the campus seems to add richness and color, without threatening the appeal to unity...
...Bar Mitzvah UNFORGETTABLE...
...Material cannot be returned...
...Oy-vaders with or without fringes For the economically-minded, reader Frances Wolf sent us this ad for a store in Kansas City's Crown Center, which offers a "Bear Mitzvah" at one-third off the usual price...
...Bailey Smith told the Southern Baptist Convention—in a notorious assertion from which he later backed off— that "God Almighty does not hear the prayers of a Jew," he could hardly have realized how diverse are the prayers of a Jew...
...We invite readers to come up with a title of their own, and the author of the best proposal (in the judgment of your fearless editors) will receive a prize of doubtful value as well as a letter of effusive praise...
...How...
...And another, even more blatant, example appeared in Israel as a newspaper ad for Agudat Harabanim Be'eretz Hakodesh, banner-headlined, HAItACHIC RULING: "Many ask: Is it permitted to take part in the services (currently being advertised in the press) held on the High Holidays by the Mesorati ('Conservative') Movement...
...One recent example of Jewish intolerance comes in a blurb from the Agudath Israel, encouraging enrollment in its ranks...
...Nobody Knows the Tubble I've Seen...
...Here's the item, submitted by subscriber Pearl Wolfson, culled by her from the bulletin of Temple Emanuel in Denver: "August 22— HaMishpacha—This new havurah will meet in the hot-tub at_'s [ed...
...with towing straps and We live in the 'deep are used on occasion to snow' country of Wis- rescue stranded cars consin...
...Why do women seem to have fewer commandments and is their role inferior to that of men in Jewish life...
...Talk About an Overflow Service...
...stant car pooling win- "We thought you ter and summer, plus might like to know that we have all the grocer- Ivrit (Hebrew) is alive ies that go with a family and well on the highof that size...
...A little family history explains why: "My father served in the Jewish Legion during World War I. "My father-in-law (Sigmund Goldenberg) was a founder of UJA in New York...
...May women be counted for the Minyan...
...The reason...
Vol. 7 • October 1982 • No. 9
