Resolution
Adopted by the CCAR
Albert Vorspan
Adpoted by
the 103rd Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of
American Rabbis
San Antonio, Texas, April, 1992
Albert Vorspan, Director of our Joint Commission on
Social Action, retires this year.
He has brought the Central Conference of American Rabbis, our
Movement, and our entire
society
forward with him. In spite of the legendary prophetic thrust of Reform
Judaism from inception, social action has not always been the most
popular item on the
agenda of the
Movement. Many battles had to be fought, the most important one
against
apathy and smug
complacency. Al led those fights all the way and made social action
de rigueur
. Beyond the Movement, he is the respected
leader of the way, both in the Jewish world
and in the general
society.
Al Vorspan is an example of loving
gentleness and has a unique capacity to feel for
people even as he opposes them, and to make them
laugh. Indeed, these qualities add
authenticity to his message. Kol Hakavod,
Albert Vorspan, for a career and
life of enormous worth and consecration.