St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-07
CHANGES IN JUDAISM.
A Few of the Suggestions That
Are Now Made.

A Few of the Suggestions mat
Are Now Made.
New York Sun.
A distinguished rabbi of Chicago. Rev.
DIR. Rirsch, has abandoned the ancient
Hebrew custom of holding service at
the synagogue on the last day OF the
week. and has adopted Sunday as the
day of worship. Rev. DR.. Klerberg, of
New Haven. opens his synagogue Satur-
DAYS, but his congregations then are
small in comparison with those of the
Sundays on which he delivers lectures.
He maintains that the holding of Syna-
gogue services Sunday is not detrimen-
tai to Judaism. Rabbs GOttheil and
Kohler, OF this city, deliver Sunday dis
courses in the Temple Emanuel and
the Synagogue BETHEL for the benefit
of those Hebrews who cannot attend the
Saturday services.
DR.. Jacobs, of the B'nai Jeshnrun,
who is president of the New York
Board of jewish Ministers. is opposed
to Sunday lectures, and says that the
orthodox people could not be induced to
abrogate the law of Moses for the keep
inc of the Sabbath. DR.. Silverman, DR..
Kohler and DR.. MendeZ agree with Dr..
seventh day commandment is the cor
ner stone of Judaism. 1t is a fact, how
ever, that many of the leading members
of the orthodox congregations, here and
elsewhere. are strongly In favor of Sun
day lectures and even Sunday religious
service in the SynagOgueS. At the re-
cent conference between Jewish and
Christian ministers in Chicago the Sab
bath question was brought under dis
cusson, but the rabbits stood up for the
law maintained by their predecessors
since the time of Moses.
Rev. Dr. Pereira MemdeZ. who is min
lister of the Spanish and Portuguese
synagogue in this city, is seeking to
bring about systematic organization OF
all Hebrew congre cations. He says that
a new era has opened for Judaism, which
must now act in unison all over the
world. Each congregation must be left
free to govern itself, but All congrega-
tons should be held together as one body
governed by the supreme law OF the
Bible and represented by delegates
chosen TO a central Hebrew senate.
About fortnight ago report on the
question of the ritual of the synagogue
was made by the committee appointed
at the Central RabbinicaI conference in
Cleveland. The following quotation
will show its purport:
The Sabbath and holiday prayers will be
so recast as 70 be in accordance with the
modern conception of Judaism, so that,
while retaining the striking and typical SEN
fences in the Hebrew, the greater part of the
service will be in English. Special forms OF
prayer will also be added for special occa-
sions, such as marriages, funerals, confrma-
tions Passover celebrations etc.
But the authority of the rabbinical
conference to adopt this project is de-
MED by many of the congregations.
Rev. DR.. Gottheil, of this city, has re-
Gently given his view of the present po-
siGion of Judaism in the United States.
He holds that new Judaism is being
built up, that this is time for religious
reformation, and that the faith of every
Jew should be grounded in reason. He
says that the Jews have no authorized
creed, in the Christian sense of the
word creed. and that no council can
possess the power of exercising relig-
lol authority OF of trying any Jew for
heresy.
Some of the questions now under de-
bate among the Jews OF the United
States are highly interesting to men of
every creed.