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thoughts.
Temple Beth El to Honor Dr. Glazer on
25th Anniversary in the Rabbinate, 10th
Anniversary Here, at April 27 Service
Temple Beth El will pay trib-
ute to its rabbi, Dr. B. Benedict
Glazer, on the occasion of his
25th anniversary in the rabbin-
a t e and 10th anniversary at
Temple Beth El, at a special an-
niversary service, Friflay, April
27. at 8:15. Participants will be:
Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath, pres-
ident of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations; Dr. Sam-
city) and president of the Wayne
County Chapter of the Michigan
Society for Mental Hygiene. It
was largely his leadership that
was responsible for the passage
of the bond issue for mental
hospitals in Michigan. He has
fought for the enactment of Fair
Employment Practice Legislation
and laws successfully in his cam-
paign to eliminate discrimin-
atory literature from the State
Tourist Bureaus. He is one of the
founders and board member of
t h e Michigan Committee on.
Civil Rights and advisor on civil
rights to Governor Williams. He
is the founder of the Institute
on Judaism for the ChriStian
ministers of the community,
held annually under the aus-
pices of Temple Beth El. He has
been appointed by the Gover-
nors of Michigan on many com-
missions.
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-Central Conference of American
Rabbis.
Dr. Glazer spoke a number of
times on the Church of the Air
radio program, as well as Mes-
sage of Israel coast-to-cost radio
program. He has been giving the
annual Thanksgiving address
before the Rotary Club and ad-
dressed teachers and s c h o o l
principals throughout the state.
He is the author of a number of
works on Judaism and has pre-
sented two brilliant papers be-
fore the Central COnference of
American Rabbis.
He is married to Ada Spiegle
of Pittsburgh. They are the par-
ents of .Stephanie an d Mark
Jonathan.
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Cantor Stawis Gets
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Officiates Passover
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Came Here in 1941
In 1941, Dr. Glazer succeeded
Dr. Leo M. Franklin as rabbi of
Temple Beth El. Under his lead-
ership the Temple has grown
from 900 families in 1941 to over
1600 families and is today the
fourth largest Jewish congrega-
tion in the United States.
. He was recently cited as one
of the seven leading citizens of
Detroit. He is President of the
Wranglers' Club (the leading
Clergymen Association of the
Friday, April 20, 1951
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Cantor Mendele Stawis, who
Rabbi Glazer is a trustee of
the Detroit Institute of Cancer has been acclaimed as an out-
Research and a member of Fu- Standing singer in Poland and
ture Detroit Inc., advisory board
of the UAW-CIO Radio Station,
Religion and Industry Associa-
tion, Detroit Area Regional
Planning Commission, U S 0
board, Detroit Historica'l Society
and other organizations.
He is Vice President of the
Jewish Community Council and
a board member of the Jewish
Welfare .Federation an d the
Jewish Community C e n t e r,
member of the national execu-
tive board of the Union of Am-
erican Hebrew Congregations
and the Commission on Jewish
Education of the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations and
DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER
uel H. Goldenson, rabbi emeri-
tus of Temple Emanu-El, New
York; Rabbi Leon I. Feuer of the
Collingwood Avenue T e in p 1 e,
Toledo; Dr. Herbert B. Hudnut,
of the Woodward Avenue Pres-
byterian Church; Ray R. Ep-
pert, industrialist and civic lead-
er; and Nate S. Shapero, presi-
dent of Temple Beth El.
The liturgical music, composed
especially for the occasion by
Jason H. Ticktori, music director
of the Temple, will be rendered
by a double quartette. A recep-
tion for Dr. and Mrs. Glazer will
be held in the Franklin Mem-
orial Hall after the service.
His First Posts
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer born
in Dallas, Texas, Aug. 18, 1902,.
son of Rabbi Simon and Ida
(Cantor) Glazer. He was ordain-
ed at Hebrew • Union College in
1926 and in the same year re-
ceived his Master of Arts degree
from the University of Cincin-
nati.
In 1938, he received his Doc-
tor of Philosophy Degree from
the Graduate School of the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh.
FroM 1926 to 1927, Rabbi Gla-
zer Served as first Regional Rab-
bi for the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations and was
responsible for the organization
of religious schools, Br other -
hoods, Sisterhoods and congre-
gations in small communities of
Pennsylvania. From 1927 to 1934,
he served at Temple R o de f
Shalom in Pittsburgh, as Assist-
ant to Rabbi Samuel H. Golden-:
son. In Pittsburgh, he was active
in civic, religious and university
groups. As chairman of the com-
mittee on social action of the
Pittsburgh Council for P e a c e
and Social Action, he arbitrated
many industrial disputes, not-
ably the Hotel Workers' Strike in
1934.
From 1934 to 1941, Dr. Glazer
was associated with Dr. Golden-
son in the ministry of Temple
Emanu-El New York, as senior
associate rabbi. He was vice
president of the New York Board
of Jewish Ministers, member of
the administrative committee
and chairman of the Army and
Navy Committee of the Syna-
gogue Council of America, mem-
ber of the religious- activities
committee of the Jewish Wel-
fare Board, board member of the
Emanu-El Settlement House and
- Educational Alliance, member of
the executive committee of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis, and other organizations.
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Eugene W e i s s was elected
CANTOR
MENDELE
STAWIS
president of Congregation Bnai
Moshe at the annual meeting on in Belgium, and who recently
came to this country, has been
engaged as cantor of Congrega-
tion Beth Tikvah, 9746 Petoskey,
near Boston.
Cantor Stawis will officiate at
Passover services to which the
entire community is invited.
Admission will be free.
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Our sincere best wishes for A Happy rind Joyous
Passover to Our Many Friends and Patrons.
"Proclaim Liberty - throughout the Land unto
all the inhabitants thereof"
This Biblical injunction, engraved on the
Liberty Bell in Independence Hall in Phila-
delphia, heralds the message of Freedom
which was born with Israel's Passover and
which beckons to mankind to strive for Justice
everywhere . . . May the message of Liberty be
forever in our hearts.
EUGENE WEISS
April 8. He succeeds Theodore
Curtis who is completing his
second term.
Mitchell Feldman was elected
vice-president; Julius Hers h,
treasurer, and Sigmund Jaulus,
re-elected secretary.
A. Finkelstein, Alex Fisch, Eu-
gene Gelbman, Sol Grand, Benj.
Reznik a n d Sidney Rosman
were elected to the board. They
will serve with Morris Brown,
Morris Direnfeld, Harry Guns-
berg, Andrew • Iczkovitz, Louis
Aepes, Bernard Klein and Ern-
est Labe, who hold over.
The new officers aAd directors
will be installed by Rabbi Moses
Lehrman during the morning
service the second day Passover,
Sunday.
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