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The Finesf In SHOES For The Family Downtown Atlanta Lenox Square Nor’h DeKalb Center Greenbriar West End Cobb County Center Charge Accounts, Regular and Budget Gracioun Greetings for Passover Monroe h Landncape & Nin nery Co. W. L. Monroe, Jr. X0<>7 Manchester Rd., N.E Atlanta !>, (la TR fi-]()fil WE WELCOME YOIJR ACCOUNT Subin Robbins Paper Co. 1015 Sampler Way East Point, Ga. POplar 7-9418 provide a burial plot for an in fant who had died. Although the space allotted to the Tem ple was already woefully in adequate, the congregation un- hestitatingly agreed, and when more ground became available a few years later, the Temple reserved a portion of it for the other congregation. Interest ingly enough, the petitioner was none other than Ahavath Achirri, now the largest Con servative congregation in the Southeast and also celebrating an important birthday — its gfJth — this year. During those years, the Temple itself seemed to be veering toward Conservative Judaism. Until the end of Dr. Browne’s ministry the congre gation had looked to Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise for guidance in the selection of its rabbis, and used Dr. Wise’s prayer book for its services. In 1881 it turn ed to the more traditional leader, Dr. Marcus JastroW, for advice and began using his prayer book for worship. Its next two ministers, Rabbi Jac ob Jacobson and (in 1888) Rab- ,bi Leo Reich, inclined increas ingly toward Conservatism. A large segment of the congrega tion on the other hand, dis agreed with the rabbis and dis liked the apparent trend. As a result, a wave of reaction set in. By 1895 it had reached suf ficient force to create a mo mentous change, one which would chart the entire future course of the congregation. At their Annual Meeting of 1895, members of the Temple did not reelect their incumbent rabbi. The Atlanta Constitution reported this under the cap tion, “His Election Postponed. Rabbi Reich Was Not Included Among the Church Officers Named Sunday”. It then an nounced that “A change of rules was adopted by the He brew congregation at the syna gogue .last Sunday, and the congregation now belongs to the ranks of reformed (sic) Judaism. The change has been in contemplation for quite a while and the action. . . was not unexpected.” The change included replac ing the Minhag Jastrow with the new Union Prayer Book, reducing holiday observance to one day, permitting men to worship with their heads un covered, and requiring the- Rabbi to abandon the wearing of a robe, hat, and tallith while officiating at services. Rabbi Leo Reich had not been oblivious to the gathering storm. Anticipating the turn of events, he had already en rolled at Emory University in its School of Medicine. When the congregation voted to be come definitely Reform, he re- Interfor Designs 3150 PMment Rood, N. L ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA CE. 7-1634 Greetings JULIUS WACHTEL # HUB ' FORD 3310 Peachtree Rd. 000-0000 la i The Southern 1 Israelite