It was an audacious idea at the time: Bring together kids from the three denominations of Judaism _ Reform, Conservative and Orthodox _ into a single after-school program to teach them about their faith.
Many Jews in Merrick shook their heads. They thought the differences in the branches couldn't be bridged.
Today, 30 years later, the trailblazing program serves as a model to foster greater unity in the Jewish world, organizers said.
