A four-point program intended to “adapt Judaism to this new world was proposed to Reform Jewry here last night by Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He presented his program at a dinner attended by 650 leaders of Reform Jewry from the United States and Canada who launched celebration of the 85th anniversary of Reform Judaism in the Western hemisphere. The guests contributed $528,000 to inaugurate the 1958-59 nationwide drive of a campaign for American Reform Judaism.
Under the program presented by Dr. Eisendrath, the Reform prayer book would be revised with the help of outstanding poets, writers, playwrights and artists. The new prayer book would then be translated into native languages used in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Dr. Eisendrath also proposed that the pattern of Sunday school instruction be adapted to family instruction, rather than being restricted to child education alone. He also suggested the establishment of prayer chapels in business and commercial centers of major cities.
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