Temple Brotherhoods, Chautauqua Board Members Convene in Detroit Ahavas Achim to Observe 40th Anniversary 4 61t Dinner Sunday; Plan. New Building &KW 4111311W 4zfri „K‘1;'? PLANNED NEW AHAVAS ACHIM SYNAGOGUE STRUCTURE On the occasion of the 40th a n n i v e r sary of Congregation Ahavas Achim, to be observed at a dinner and dance at the pres- ent synagogue, on Schaeffer and Seven Mile Roads, Sunday eve-1 ning, announcement is made of the completion of plans for the erection of an enlarged building adjoining the present temporary structure. Cocktails will pre- cede the dinner. Non-members also are invited. Reservations are being taken at UN. 4-6428. New congregational officers, who will be installed at Sun- day's dinner-dance, are: Albert Burke, president; Ellis B. Rifkin, vice-president; Alex Kraft, treasurer; Irving Waser- man, Irwin Leviant, Isadore Fid- ler, secretaries; Frank Benja- min, sergeant-at-arms. Rabbi Jacob Chinitz will install the officers and address the congre- gation. Ellis Rifkin is chairman of fund-raising and Alex Kraft is building chairman. Julian INNER VIEW OF NEW SYNAGOGUE, WITH. ARK Rifkin is chairman of fund-rais- ing and Alex Kraft is building chairman. Julian Winston is in charge of arrangements for the • dinner. • The Board of Trustees in- cludes Peter Chodoroff, Isadore Nathan Siegel, who now con- verted into English Nurs with 1Leeman, William Hordes, Jack 1Borin, Louis Seiton, Dr. Maier ducts Altman Jewish Hours on Jewish contents. I Belen, Harry Eskin, William Station 'WJLB, this week made The broadcasts on Saturday Goodfriend, Abe Nusbaum, Har- the important announcement nights, 9:30 to 10:30, will con- old Jeross, Irwin Cohn, Julian that the broadcasts on Sunday tinue in Yiddish, with the spe- Winston, Dr. Kenneth Belen, Ir- mornings henceforth will be con- I cialized "Personalities in Jewish ving Waserman, Dr. Israel Wien- Life" features. er, Harry Young, Arthur :Schuss- The Sunday morning broad- ler, Harry Bodzin, Charles Zwirn, casts, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., direct- Mendel . Stawis is t h e syna- ed by Mr. Siegel, will feature gogue cantor. Morris Elk is sex- talks in English, the ads will be ton. in English and music will be in- Congregation's History The Sephardic Community of terspersed with Yiddish and He- Congregation Ahavas Achim brew selections. Detroit, consisting generally of Bnai Abraham was located at Spanish Jews who have mig- Westminster and Delmar for rated to Detroit from Turkey, Dave Simon to Head many years. It was organized in Greece, Yu g oslavi a, France, 1914. The "Delmar Street Shul" Evergreen Community England, Bulgaria and Italy, are as it was known in those days, Dave Simon was elected presi- and as it is still referred to reorganizing their community here and will have their first dent of the Evergreen *Jewish sometimes by the children of the - meeting -at 8:30 p.m., Sunday, at Community at its last meeting. original founder s of Ahavas the D. W. Simons Center, 4000 Serving with him in the new Achim, was known for its piety administration will be: Tuxedo. and its hospitality to visitors. It Morrie Blumenthal, vice-presi- was tha Bet Hakneses, Bet Mid- The Sephardic community was founded by Jacob Chicorel in dent; Sam Wilner, treasurer; rash and Bet Hatefila. The sets 1936 when members. assembled Marlyn Eskovitz, Jerry Kantor, of Talmud and Midrash used 40 and adopted a constitution to secretaries; Jack Rose, three- years ago are now housed in the carry on their social and reli- year trustee; Herman Sussman, new home of Ahavas Achim. two-year trustee; and Eddie gious activities. The congregation came to the Waldman, one-year trustee. northwest section of the city Since there has been an in- Two e vent s are scheduled flux of new Sephardic Ameri- for they week, the first a dinner- after a period of exile, during cans, Dr. Nachum Wiseman and dance Sunday evening, at Haw- which it had no quarters of its Mrs. Harvey E. Sibrack recog- thorne Country Club. For tickets, own. After donating the old nized the need for a distinct, call Evelyn Silverman, KE. building to the United Hebrew active Sephardic organization 4-1732. The second program is Schools, they worshipp• 1. for within the Jewish community of the Ask the Rabbi Night plan- many years in the synagogue of the Rose Sittig Cohen building Detroit. ned for Tuesday, at the home of on Tyler and Lawton. In 1950, The meeting will be conducted Marvin Levy, 19908 Kentfield. Ahavas Achim established itself by Louis Papo, acting chairman, on Schaeffer Highway. The pres- and will be followed by a social Miss Lax to Recite ent building provides seating for hour of oriental music and re- 500 on High Holydays, a daily Bas Mitzvah Ritual freshments. chapel, a business office, a Rab- Late sabbath eve services to- bi's study, and two kitchens. day at Adas Shalom Synagogue After the building was com- will be highlighted by the Bas pleted, the lots on either side of Mitzvah ceremony of Rosalind the synagogue were purchased Lax, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. and the congregation now owns Manny Lax, of Gloucester Rd. 300 feet frontage from Cam- In addition to the Bas Mitz- bridge to Schaefer. vah ritual, which signifies the Affiliated with Ahavas Achim highest possible incentive to- are the Sisterhood, Men's Club ward the attainment of a He- and Youth Groups, in addition brew education among girls, a to sponsoring a Sunday School brief sermon will be delivered attended by 200 children. Plans by Rabbi Jacob E. Segal. Cantor now are nearing completion for Nicholas Fenakel and the youth the erection of a structure on choir will chant the ritual. Schaefer and Cambridge, to be Following the service, Mr. and called the Cambridge Synagogue Mrs. Lax will host the congre- of Congregation Ahavas Achim. gation in honor of the occasion. The plans call for a sanctuary Mr. Lax is president of Adas seating 850, with all the neces- 1 Block W. of Jos. Couzens Shalom Synagogue. sary auxiliary rooms and serv- ices. The present synagogue will 12—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS then be converted into a social Altman Hour on Sundays Being Converted Into Broadcasts in English Detroit Sephardic Jews Will Meet Friday, April 30, 1954 hall. t-ri ci I 4 4 CI- 1- 11. 11 I A three-day meeting of the Harold W. Dubinsky, of St. board of directors of the Na- Louis, president, will preside at tional Federation of Temple the NFTB sessions, and Leo Brotherhoods and the Jewish Wertgame, of Kansas City, chan- Chautauqua Society will be held cellor of the JCS, at the Chau- this Friday, Saturday, and Sun- tauqua sessions. Joseph H. Kukes, of Detroit's day, at the Sheraton-Cadillac Temple Beth El Men's Club, is Hotel. NFTB comprises 300 men's the local representative on the clubs with a membership in ex- national board. Temple Israel cess of 50,000, affiliated with Re- Men's Club also is an affiliate. After business sessions all day form temples throughout the United States and Canada. The Friday, the national directors Jewish Chautauqua Society, the will attend religious services on Brotherhood's educational proj- Friday night and informal com- ect, sends rabbinic lecturers to mittee sessions on Saturday aft- 900 colleges and 250 Christian ernoon. On Saturday night. the church camps to create better national directors and their understanding and appreciation wives will be the guests of the officers and board members of of Judaism. the two local temple brother- hoods at a dinner party at the hotel, which will feature the Beth Joseph Group premiere showing of a documen- Plans Israel Celebration tary motion picture on the work of the Jewish Chautauqua So- Morris Fisher, board chairman ciety. The meeting will close of Beth Joseph Synagogue, an- with sessions on Sunday morn- nounces that the Ladies Auxi- ing when a program of service liary has scheduled an Israel In- to affiliated brotherhoods and dependence Day celebration for budgets for the 1954-55 brother - . Monday evening, in the syna- hood year will be approved. gogue. The anniversary date actually is May 8. $10- PER MONTH Featured at the program will We Serve as Your Office . . . be Rabbi A. Singerman, the Permitting your clients to keep in spiritual director of the congre- touch with you during business gation, and officers and mem- hours. bers of the synagogue, who plan to "reaffirm their spiritual and We answer all your incoming calls. financial support to the new Mailing Address Optional democracy." It is Our Business to Help You Samuel Robinson and Samuel With Courtesy and Efficiency Barr, chairmen of the syna- COYLE TELEPHONE gogue's building committee, will ANSWERING SERVICE announce at this time the date VE. 7-6701 4 opening of the new congre- . gation to the Jewish community. Habonim-Hebrew Camp Kinneret, Chelsea, Mich A Progressive Camp with a Hebrew-Zionist Atmosphere for All Grades. Ages 12-18. Full Season, July 4-August 17. $165 Send for Descriptive Booklet TO, Hobonim, 13623 Linwood Ave., Detroit. IT BANK 8-3233 Open a new Electronic PERSONAL CHECKING ACCOUNT ai City Bank • FREE CHECKS, with your • name imprinted. (No checks to buy in advance) . 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