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...University has quietly reversed a long-standing tradition by permitting Jewish High Holy Days services to be held in Memorial Church. The blowing of the ram's horn at sundown Saturday ended the first non-Christian service open to the public in Mem Church's 35-year history...
...case with which the change was made is in sharp contrast with the bitter battle eight years ago over the use of Mem Church for non-Christian weddings and funeral services. At that time, President Pusey wrote, in a letter to the CRIMSON, "Harvard's historic tradition has been a Christian tradition" and Memorial Church "has always been thought of as a house of Christian worship." He offered non-Christians the use of PBH for their services...
Many members of the Faculty objected strongly, and presented a petition to Pusey asking that Mem Church be open to services of all religions. The Corporation decided to permit weddings and funeral services of all faiths in Mem Church...
Rabbi Zigmond expects to continue to use Mem Church for the High Holy Days in the future, although Reform and Conservative services may be held there in alternating years. Orthodox services are always conducted in the Hillel House, 5 Bryant...
Rabbi Zigmond would have had some trouble if he had tried a decade ago, when Mem Church was under the leadership of the Rev. George A. Buttrick. But-trick said "it would be intellectually dishonest for Christian and Jewish marriages to be carried on beneath the same roof...