Word: minard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...transformation began in 1950 when Herbert Leslie Minard, 56, a Disciples of Christ minister from Fresno, Calif., took charge of programming and membership for the Y. "We are not a proselytizing organization," Minard ruled; he halted Bible classes and refused to let Christian missionaries distribute convert-seeking literature. Minard, who is now the Y's general secretary, persuaded both Christians and Jews to join its community council, set up adult education courses to help in the acculturation of Jews from 50 countries who had gone to the new land. The Y now teaches 15 subjects, all in Hebrew, ranging...
...sources of communication between the sectors of the divided city. In fact, it is generally so well thought of that next spring it will dedicate a new Y building in the predominantly Christian Arab town of Nazareth-with money raised in part by Israeli and Canadian Jews. Says Minard: "I'm optimistic about the future when we can get Jews to build a Christian service organization in an Arab community...