Reforme

1966 — 1st edition. Issue with Singer’s Photo on cover and lead article being the transcript of an interview with Singer on pages 2-12, which includes 6 additional photos interspersed throughout the text. The Editors note, “Isaac Beshevis Singer visited the Cincinnati campus for a week of lectures and dialogue with the teachers and future rabbis of a ‘movement which does not actually forsake Jewishness…but has taken out of Jewishness its very essence. ’” Interestingly, Lawrence Kushner, then a rabbinic student, is listed on the masthead of this issue for “Photography and New York representative. ” The Variant ran a total of 8 volumes, 1961-1969, generally appearing 3 times per year. “Issued by the student body of the Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion. ” SUBJECT (S) : Jewish college students -- Periodicals. Reform Judaism -- United States. OCLC lists 11 institutions with holdings for at least some of the issues, but it is unclear which are complete. Only one Ivy League Institution (Harvard) lists any holdings at all. Somewhat rare. Very Good Condition (KH-8-64)