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1973 BCC The Tolerant Temple 2
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-01 at 4.06.19 PM_thumb.png2023-04-01T23:06:44+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Cover of the first BCC newsletter, September 1973. After an eventful first year punctuated by the great fire at the Metropolitan Community Church where the fledgling congregation had met, and by the dedication of our Holocaust survivor Torah, BCC began a decade of growth and of finding its way into the mainstream of Jewish life in Los Angeles, the Reform Movement, and the emerging world community of LGBT Jews. A Pioneer in Egalitarian Worship. By its second year BCC was experiencing growing pains. Rabbi Herman, a strong supporter of BCC, wrote: “Tensions sprang up within the group, which soon found itself divided on issues of traditionalism vs. non traditionalism, acceptance or rejection of non-Jews into membership, rigid vs. fluid constitution, etc…” The “etc.” included such issues as ongoing conflicts between the congregation’s men and women (of the 60 members, less than half were women), and whether or not to accept heterosexuals as members.plain2023-04-01T23:06:44+00:00September 1973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49