Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
““What do you mean, sponsor?” asked Howard Jonas, the president of the Brotherhood.
“You know, sponsor. Get behind the idea and push. Drum up attendance. Decorate the pulpit. Make arrangements for the collation afterward.”
“But that’s what the Sisterhood does.”
“Yeah, so why shouldn’t the Brotherhood take a crack at it for a change? It will spark things up, the competition.”
“You mean, at the collation, the men would pour the tea? For the women? ‘One lump or two, Mrs. Feldman?’ Cummon! That’s a ...woman’s job, Henry.”
But Maltzman was persuasive, and they finally agreed to do it one Friday in the month, the other Fridays continuing under the supervision of the women. So this night found Herb Mandell, as chairman of the Brotherhood Committee for the affair, standing at the front door of the temple with Howard Jonas, greeting congregants as they arrived. For this, the first such service, they had sent out cards to all the members. More, they had gone through the Barnard’s Crossing phone directory and sent cards of invitation to any whose names suggested they might be Jewish.MoreLess
“You know, sponsor. Get behind the idea and push. Drum up attendance. Decorate the pulpit. Make arrangements for the collation afterward.”
“But that’s what the Sisterhood does.”
“Yeah, so why shouldn’t the Brotherhood take a crack at it for a change? It will spark things up, the competition.”
“You mean, at the collation, the men would pour the tea? For the women? ‘One lump or two, Mrs. Feldman?’ Cummon! That’s a ...woman’s job, Henry.”
But Maltzman was persuasive, and they finally agreed to do it one Friday in the month, the other Fridays continuing under the supervision of the women. So this night found Herb Mandell, as chairman of the Brotherhood Committee for the affair, standing at the front door of the temple with Howard Jonas, greeting congregants as they arrived. For this, the first such service, they had sent out cards to all the members. More, they had gone through the Barnard’s Crossing phone directory and sent cards of invitation to any whose names suggested they might be Jewish.MoreLess
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