Word: emanu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before Lent began, Ronald Sobel became the first Jewish rabbi to enter the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the New York City citadel of Roman Catholicism. After he spoke, hundreds of congregants strode 15 blocks up Fifth Avenue to Sobel's Temple Emanu-El-something of a cathedral for Reform Judaism-to hear Monsignor James Rigney, rector of St. Patrick's parish...
...statement urged other local churches and synagogues to start discussions. The statement promises that Catholics will shun trying to make converts in the talks, but stops short of endorsing the Jewish position that all proselytism is wrong. Though no joint worship will be held, St. Patrick's and Emanu-El hope to develop cooperative efforts against social injustice and what they consider "rampant" immorality in New York City...
...local newspapers offering to fill in for a Christian who wished to spend Christmas Eve at home. Although Christmas is increasingly a nondenominational festival (see ESSAY, page 33), other Milwaukee Jews joined in the holiday spirit when they learned of Rosen's gesture. Some 300 members of Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun volunteered to take over jobs with which they were reasonably familiar so that Christians could have the evening...