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Jewnitarian Religion? In the current issue of the Conservative United Synagogue Review, Buffalo's Rabbi Isaac Klein affirms the "central and normative role of Halakah in Judaism" but argues that Jewish law "was never intended to be frozen" and "must grow to meet new situations." In fact, as Rabbi Klein points out, Halakah has been significantly modified over the centuries, by such sages as Maimonides and Joseph Karo, in order to adapt the written Talmud to the requirements of everyday life. The Conservative branch of Judaism considers Halakah of divine origin but believes in adapting it to the times...
...Forest. The theater was aptly opened with a performance of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Next week Dancer-Choreographer Edward Villella will perform the world premiere of his Narkissos. Next month Ormandy's Philadelphia Orchestra will accompany such artists as Soprano Leontyne Price, Violinist Isaac Stern and Pianist Van Cliburn. Talking about his musicians, the maestro is already picking up the language of the track. "My Phillies are chomping at the bit," says Ormandy. "But I will have to schedule rehearsals during racing hours because I saw what happened when the orchestra played in Reno...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Man with a Violin: Isaac Stern...
...FATHER'S COURT, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Boyhood years in a Polish rabbi's household are evoked in energetic and engaging detail by Yiddish Writer Singer, now recognized as one of the great contemporary novelists...
Extra Cot. For the poor and pious Singer family, home stood at the head of a stinking, garbage-strewn Warsaw slum stairway. There Isaac Bashevis' red-bearded rabbi father (who chastely refused to look a woman in the face and could not, insists Author Singer, recognize his own wife) learnedly ruled his roost. He also ruled his rabbinical court, the Beth Din, an institution that dated from the days of Moses and was a blend of synagogue, law court and psychoanalyst's consulting room for the superstitious, the bereaved and the troubled. For Isaac Bashevis, it exemplified...