Soviet Atheist Publication Attacks Reform Judaism

The organ of the Soviet atheists, “Bezbozhnik,” ridicules Dr. Julian Morgenstern of the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati for his “naive” belief that Reform Judaism would appease the Soviet athists. The “Bezbozhnik” devotes a special article in its current issue against Reform Judaism in the United States.

The writer says “Reform temples like Temple Emanu-El in New York are the same old harmful Jewish religious institutions painted modern with the addition of music and cinema which is only a new method of keeping in church those of the Jewish masses who are tired of religion. No matter how the rabbis repaint their activities the Jewish masses of the United States will recognize the harm of religion whether it is plain or painted,” the article concludes.