Classical Reform
Early Reformers created THIS ceremony to imitate coming of age ceremonies in the Protestant church, and in an effort to get rid of Bar Mitzvah.
Confirmation
Today, both men and women can be rabbis (yay!). Sally Priesand, the first woman ordained, became a rabbi in this Temple in THIS year (must guess within 5 years).
1972
True or False? I.M. Wise got into a fist fight with his board president on Rosh Hashanah right where we are standing.
FALSE
This refers both to an Ohio sports team, AND a delicious treat found in Graeter's Ice Cream.
Buckeyes
Plum Street Temple was built in THIS year for THIS rabbi.
1865, I.M. Wise
These ritual garments were NOT permitted during services in the early Reform movement, even to rabbis!
Tallitot and kippot
This is the largest synagogue in the Reform movement today.
Temple Israel (yeaaaaaaaaaah).
In order to 'stick it to the establishment,' I.M. Wise invited Jewish leaders from around the country to a 'treifa banquet' in 1883, held in honor of the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College. Name three things served at this notorious event.
Clams, shrimp, crab, frogs legs, meat and ice cream.
Cincinnati celebrates Oktoberfest - celebrating the wave of immigration from this country (I.M. Wise was also born there).
Germany
Name all of the Temple Israel clergy
Loss, Yedwab, Bennett, Hornsten, Kaluzny, Gordon, Lader, Smolash, Michaels
Early Reformers changed the service in THESE WAYS to blend in - to make our services look and feel more like Protestant church services. Name three.
Organ music, robes for clergy, responsive readings, sermons, pews, mixed seating
Temple Israel was founded by Rabbi Leon Fram. He broke away from Temple Beth El because of an argument over this.
Wise's first pulpit was located in the capital of New York - he didn't last long.
Albany
One of the four campuses of the Hebrew Union College is located in Cincinnati. Name one of the others.
New York, Los Angeles, Jerusalem
We celebrate THIS HOLIDAY with our Confirmation service.
Shavuot
Classical Reform Jews in America prayed in THIS language.
English
These three concepts are the three pillars on which Reform Judaism is based, and are most central to who we are as Jews.
Torah, God, Israel
At his first pulpit, Wise made radical reforms. Name two.
Women were counted in a minyan, men and women were allowed to sit together, mixed-gender choir, eliminated bar mitzvah.
Cincinnati is located on THIS river, across from THIS state.
Ohio River, Kentucky
We read THIS famous passage from our Torah at Confirmation.
Hint: look around the room, it's written here!
What country did Classical Reform Jews believe was the Promised Land?
America
Today, our service looks very different than it did during the Classical Reform era. Name three ways it differs.
More Hebrew, ritual garments, no robes, YES bar mitzvah, no organ, more music.
Hebrew Union College
*Bonus: name the four rabbis ordinated in Cincinnati
Name one nickname for Cincinnati, and one special food for which it is known.
Cinci, The Nati, The Queen City, City of Seven Hills
Skyline, Graeter's, Goldstar Chili, buckeyes
According to RebJen, this is the most important part of this Confirmation trip.
Chuy's (you're welcome)