Show The Salt Lake Tribune Movement Examines Status in Israel Spirituality at Home confrontations legal court cases and legislative proposals that have created turmoil for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Im perturbed by the attacks by the Orthodox rabbis in Israel on us but its not a subject of much concern in my congregation said one delegate from North Carolina who asked not to be identified The Reform movement estimates it has 15 million members in 875 temples and synagogues throughout North America The movement which began in Germany as a rejection of Orthodoxy historically has focused on a theology stressing inclusivity individual autonomy and social justice motivated by Judaisms prophetic ideals Though the movement has long had a presence albeit small in Israel only earlier this year did it embrace the Zionist ideal of immigration to Israel In Israel there has been an apparent impasse in negotiations between a committee of Orthodox Conservative and Reform leaders charged with finding a way to resolve the matter The movements are demanding they be officially recognized and per BY RENA STRAUSS SAMljELic ATCHISQN Jiang Seduces US During State Visit T - To the late spin- TimeLife founder the son of Presbyteri-a- n missionaries to China the thought of communists ruling his adopted country was too much to bear For more than 20 years he used his n magazines to wage a war against the communist takeover of Nationalist China Thus the symbolism embod-ie- d in President Jiang Zemins state visit would have undoubtedly sent Luce over the edge Here was the very antithesis of democracy holding court at home of the republics holiest shrines the White House InJ dependence Hall and the New York Stock Exchange 'To Luce it would surely mean the beginning of the apocalypse st one-ma- Evil Empires: - No More JMaiiy Americans however no longer think that way Slowly we have begun to debunk the "myths and stereotypes that col- or our perceptions of other nations We no longer speak as Ronald Reagan did of the Soviet Union in terms of evil emRather in our postpires paid War world we have embraced the notion of a glob-'village Still I cant help wondering if there wasnt a certain prescience to Luces point of view To be sure his abiding support for the cor-riiregime of Nationalist k was 'feeder Chiang d Luce was passionate in his love for the China !bf his youth and saw in Chiang the means by which it could be preserved Yet his mistrust of Mao Tse-- t ungs communist insurgents is "Worth noting for like most al pt Kai-she- rose-colore- successful revolutionaries they came to power by seducing the masses This power to Seduce by giving the people the sound bites and media imwas on full ages they crave display during Jiangs visit ! Witness for example his ap-pearanee at Harvard the tradi- tional bastion of American in-- ! tellectualism Speaking there against the advice of President Clinton he proved himself equal to the task Like the savvy politician he is he parried questions with poise wit and intelligence remaining cool while protest-- ' ers inside and outside the aud- f I I itorium pointedly expressed I I their opposition In so doing he won major points with the media and I suspect many American citizens who respect cleverness and moxie regard-- j less of the source Jiang Victory: Jiang came to America wanting to make a good impression and he accomplished his task Whats more he beat Americans at their own game He got all of the media exposure he wanted opened new vistas of economic opportunity for his country land politely told Americans that Chinas oppression of its Citizens was consistent with both the history and reality ! of the nation ! He conveyed a sense that despite the Tiananmen Square massacre he and the other I leaders of his regime were just i like other world leaders g to lead their country in the best way possible This I suspect is what Luce feared For once oppression can be explained away characterized as the Chinese government has continued to insist as an internal matter then human rights have no meaning and the authority of other nations to oppose their tyranny goes out the window In coming to America Jiang desired the best of two worlds He wanted a stage on which China could appear as a world power on par with the United States At the same time he wanted to make no concessions that would force him to loosen restrictions at home We gave him exactly what he wanted ! ! ! try-tin- Samuel K Atchison is an or- dained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton NJ and a fellow of the Gallup In- ternational Institute Saturday November 8 1997 B3 Leaders Urge Reform Jews to Get Serious COMMENTARY Luce must be ning in his grave RELIGION RELIGION NEWS SERVICE Leaders of the Reform movement Americas largest Jewish denomination are urging their congregants to focus on issues of spiritual development at home and to rally around the cause of establishing liberal Judaisms legitimacy in Israel Anger about the movements lack of official standing in Israel was high on the agenda of the 64th Biennial General Assembly of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) which ended last Sunday But so was concern about the movements lack of religious seriousness a lack leaders said could spell the movements death But much of the anger came from the podium and some delegates said there wasnt a lot of passion about the Reform and Conservative movements effort to break Orthodox Judaism hegemony on religious matters in Israel That struggle has led to a series of political DALLAS mitted to perform conversions and marriages in Israel The Orthodox political parties are g demanding the policy of allowing only Orthodox rabbis control over matters of personal status While Yoffie used part of his sermon to discuss the movements situation in Israel most of it was devoted to matters of the soul and the necessity of Reform adherents to learn about the Jewish aspects of Reform Judaism Never in our history has the gap between the serious Reform Jew and the nonserious Reform Jew been so great he said Alongside those who take seriously the reality of God and Gods immanence in Torah are those for whom the vision of the sacred has all but died in their soul And in a remarkable admission he added: They are the majority even in our synagogues He proposed a five-ste- p plan to increase Jewish literacy among Reform Jews including having congregants learn to chant Torah in Hebrew a role in Reform Judaism historically left to the rabbi though in Conservative and Orthodox synagogues it is just as likely to be y done by long-standin- 19th-centu- BY LARRY COPELAND ENQUIRER ATLANTA Sparking a rousing oratorical display evocative of his famous father Martin Luther King III was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Nov 1 He will become the SCLCs fourth president on Jan 15 which would have been his fathers 69th birthday succeeding the Rev Joseph E Lowery who has headed SCLC for 20 years King 40 will be the first nonminister to lead the civil-righorganization by his father I have a King quoting from the celebrated dream speech that stirred the nation at the 1863 March on Washington said: My father said I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character That day clearly is not today King said speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church There are people who say that we live in a color-blin- d gender-blin- d d and disability-blin- d society Perhaps they are so blind that they cannot see the sobering reality around us That reality he said includes racial discrimination in the workplace the prevalence of tracking programs in public schools racial inequity in lending institutions and courtrooms and attacks on affirmative action The outcry shouldnt be about what affirmative action has done said King a former member of the Fulton County Commission and founder of an affirmative-action advocacy group It should be that af ts age-blin- Promise to God Keeps Scofflaw Feeding Pigeons B Continued from civil-righ- prosecution that substantially love! 15-1- 297-212- 370-383- Something Wonderful's happening herein Bishop NA Givens Pastor We lovingly invite you to cone see what's happening and share the experience Blessings! Deliverance Temple Church Of God In Christ 1311 S 900 W Salt Lake City lit Sunday Services Sunday School MS Homing Worship 11:00 QTiQf)') Sunday Life Celebration Service Wednesday Evening WorshipBibie Study 7KK) Saturday Intercessory Prayer 9:00 "Sharing The Word Of faith" Services at 9:30 & 11:00 AM Unity Trust Me Charlie Brown John Daughters Meeting at Murray High Auditorium 5300 S State m She Halt CakeSritee 281-210- 0 http:wwwsltribcom ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE FlR$Tt ichristiansciencei cCONGREGATION CHURCH Church of Religious Science FIRST CHURCH 353 SO WcD 7 II AM SUN SCHOOi ft S9IVKS SUN SCMOOt I TH IliS CHURCH 10:30 SERVICE This Is The Day PM FOOTHUi DR WED 7 JO IN Oa it wood Village Canter 5448 S 900 I 1 F Rev Donald Graves PM AM THIRD CHURCH E SPRING 1K SUN SCHOU A SERVICE 10 AM burdens a defendants exercise of religion The act however recently was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court Hagopian though remains adamant about feeding her pigeons We dont live in a communist its a free country country she said Hagopian does not like the attention her case has gotten She said she just wants to be left alone to feed her birds People dont understand me she said All these buildings all this which in the United States is very strong material Its not God who made it it was people she said But this little pigeon God made it with his own hands He gave time and he made it with A veteran Presbyterian mission leader will be the Nov 6 guest of Salt Lake Citys Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church The Rev Matthew Welde a member of the Presbyterian Order for World Evangelization on assignment to the US Center for World Mission in Pasadena Calif has served throughout the world ministering to missionaries and national church leaders In each of the past four years he has served a month as an evangelist in Kenya at the invitation of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa He also has ministered in Uganda Ghana Sierra Leone Hungary Germany Poland the Philippines Indonesia India Korea and the Yucatan in Mexico Welde will speak Nov 15 at 7 pm after a churchwide potluck dinner and will preach at the following days 8:30 am and 11 am worship services ts l defecate oa their newly cleaned cars and their freshly washed clothes hung outside to dry More to the point feeding birds on public streets violates a 1964 city ordinance that makes it a misdemeanor If convicted Hagopian could be fined up to $1000 and put in jail for up to six months although prosecutors have said they wont seek jail time A 1992 case against Hagopian was dropped because it was her first offense prosecutors said Hagopian who describes herself as a born-agai- n Christian came to court recently walking with a wooden cane and clutching a Bible in her arms which are both wrapped in wrist braces When it was time her attorney William H Dailey and Deputy City Prosecutor Alison Weissman went into the judges chambers to try to work out a settlement The judge emerged however to announce a Nov 18 trial date After the hearing Weissman said she takes no joy in prosecuting a frail woman but the issue involves health and complaints from several neighbors Some neighbors who have respiratory problems complain the pigeon guano makes it worse she said Dailey had hoped to defend his client with the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 which Dailey said would have required the government to prove a compelling justification for any Her topic has generated some controversy within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints In several sermons in recent years LDS Church President Gordon B Hinckley has admonished Mormons not to pray to mother in heaven like they pray to father in heaven because the church knows little about her Yet the idea if not of a divine spouse for God is a staple of Mormon theology The idea today most often is encountered in Eliza R Snows popO My Father ular hymn in which she posits the logic of a heavenly mother 0 Call in Salt Lake or 9 in the Provo-Orearea for more information Mission Minister ts SECOND B-- Visible SL Church Hosts firmative action hasnt done enough The sad reality is that many women and minorities are no better off in 1997 than they were in 1963 when my father dared to dream King spoke to an audience that included his mother Coretta Scott King and brother Dexter president of the Martin Luther King Jr Center here Also luminaries and present were several SCLC delegates from about a dozen states He said he would assess over the next few months the organizational strengths and weaknesses of the SCLC as well as visit chapters around the country meet with community leaders from all walks of life and prepare a strategic plan King seemed cognizant of the fact that his SCLC faces challenges every bit as daunting and intractable as the racist police officers and segregationist politicians that his father confronted a generation ago He said he would work to combat the rising number of what he called penitentiary scholarships young black men bound not for academia but for prison Near the end of Saturdays session Lowery always quick with a quip was for once speechless I stood Lowery started paused then went on his voice breaking I stood with your father in 1957 when we started this journey he told King I received the mantle from him and from Ralph Abernathy in 1977 And as history would have it I pass that mantle to Kings son in 1997 With that Lowery linked arms with King and other SCLC members and they rocked back and forth movements anthem We singing the Shall Overcome civil-righ- Satanism and the mother in heaven are among the topics to be discussed at this years Mormon Womens Forum Counterpoint Conference The daylong event will be Nov 15 in the Student Center at Utah Valley State College in Orem Formal addresses and panels will be featured throughout the day two each hour so participants can pick and choose Keynote speaker will be Margaret Toscano who will discuss Peripheral 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