Article: REFORM MOVEMENT TARGETS NON-JEWS IN CONTROVERSIAL 'MISSIONARY PATH'

Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
10-26-1993
REFORM MOVEMENT TARGETS NON-JEWS IN CONTROVERSIAL `MISSIONARY PATH'.

The president of the Reform movement, Rabbi Alexander Schindler, has proposed a controversial plant to spend $5 million to attract non-Jews to the movement.

The proposal was made during Schindler's keynote address to more than 4,000 Jews gathered at the 62nd biennial of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations held here Oct. 21-25.

Schindler's call raised eyebrows among delegates at the convention and leader of Judaism's other denominations, whose discomfort reflects Judaism's long-standing tradition of not evangelizing among other faiths.

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