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...unique feature about Gaebler's ceremonies was the presence of Hugo Mantal, a Jewish rabbi, on the ordaining council. Mantel, formerly rabbi of a Cambridge temple, is now at the army chaplains school here and participated in the rituals at Gaebler's request and with the agreement of the church authorities. At their most liberal, ordaining councils usually merely contain Christians of various denominations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GAEBLER MADE MINISTER HERE | 3/10/1944 | See Source »

Reaction came thick & fast: rabbinical students at Manhattan's Jewish Institute of Religion voiced "strongest indignation." Rabbi Stephen S. Wise's pro-Zionist monthly Opinion called the principles "nothing less than unbelievable . . . treasonable to the household of Israel." The Congress Weekly, organ of the pro-Zionist American Jewish Congress, accused the Houston congregation of composing "a set of 'Nürnberg laws' of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Storm Over Zion | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...synagogue's honor roll was defaced with "Jew Boys" scrawled among the names of servicemen. One rabbi had his shingle torn down, his window stoned, his beard yanked by hoodlums as he walked on the street. Another reported that children sneaked into his open synagogue, dumped the prayer books in toilets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christian Action | 1/10/1944 | See Source »

...rabbi reported: "On one occasion the 'mazooza' [a packet approximately four inches long, which contains a portion of the Scriptures and is nailed to the doorpost of the entrance to the congregation, and is regarded as a very sacred object] was found to be denied and smeared with manure. I, personally, saw that desecration and I myself wiped the surrounding area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christian Action | 1/10/1944 | See Source »

Abraham's Grandpa. Rabbi Mann's synagogue has two other means of getting across his message: the Forum and the Sunday school. Sinai's Sunday school (TIME, Mar. 11, 1935) emphasizes the latest educational theories, retains a psychiatrist to look after the 600 boys & girls. Says Mann: "It is not too important to know who Abraham's grandpa was if children can learn to live normal, happy, useful lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chicago Rabbi | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

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