The Suburban Community
Dawn of New Year Finds
New Rabbi at Beth Shalom
By the Oak-Woodser
At late Friday evening services
last week, Cong. Beth Shalom,
this community's Conservative
synagogue, introduced to the sub-
urban populace its new spiritual
leader.
He is Rabbi Mordecai S. Hal-
pern, the son of Rabbi Abraham
E. Halpern, spiritual leader of
Cong. Bnai Amoona, a Conserva-
tive synagogue in St. Louis, Mo.
Rabbi Halpern (no relation to
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern, of Cong.
Beth Abraham, Detroit), after
delivering - the sermon and con-
ducting last week's service, in the
Oak Park High School, met many
of his congregants for the first
time at an oneg shabbat which
followed. _
In the minds of Beth Shalom
congregants, there is little doubt
that their new rabbi will follow
in the steps of his father as a
prominent and successful rabbi.
In a sense, Rabbi Halpern's
engagement by Beth Shalom
represents a challenge to both
the rabbi and the congregation.
The young rabbi is assuming
his first pulpit at Beth Shalom,
while he, in turn, is taking the
reins of .a small and young con-
gregation.
In its three years of existence,
Beth Shalom has shown rapid
growth, now registering 200 fam-
ilies on its permanent rolls. Rab-
bi Halpern comes to the syna-
gogue highly recommended and
with excellent background. In
welcoming Rabbi Halpern, this
column wishes both him and Beth
Shalom success in the year ahead.
After graduating from a high
school in St. Louis, Rabbi Hal-
pern enrolled at Columbia Uni-
versity, graduating in 1949 with
a degree in philosophy and psy-
chology.
Immediately thereafter, he en-
tered the Jewish Theological
Seminary Rabbinal School to en-
ter upon a rabbinical career he
had planned all his life.
While attending the Seminary,
Rabbi Halpern married his wife,
Natalie, a New Yorker, in 1950.
The following year, the couple
left for Israel where Rabbi Hal-
pern studied at the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem, the credit
for the courses being applied to
his previous work at the Semi-
nary.
At ordination . ceremonies in
June, 1953, Rabbi Halpern was
judged the winner of two of the
leading Seminary honors—the
Lammelein Buttenweiser Prize
in Bible and the Lamport Prize
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work to 'keep up the payments. DETROIT J EW I SH NEWS
Friday, September 16, 1955
Cong..Ernanu-El, the Suburban Give my good will to the stu-
Temple of Greater Detroit, will
again hold its High Holiday serv-
The Officers and Administration
ices in the First Methodist
Church, 320 W. 7th St., Royal
of the
Oak.
Dr. Frank F. Rosenthal, rabbi
of the congregation, will officiate
and preach the sermons at all
Extend their heartiest wishes to their members
services, beginning with today's
Rosh Hashanah services, at 8:15
for a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.
p.m.
Signed: Solomon Rubin, Pres.
Morning services on Saturday
will begin at 10 a.m., and Benja-
Harry M. Mandell, V. Pres.
min Goldstein, Emanu-El presi-
Max Schulzinger, 2nd V. Pres.
dent, will read the Torah bless-
ing.
Children's services will be held
Saturday afternoon, with young-
sters from kindergarten through
grade three gathering at 2 p.m.,
and members of the fourth
through twelfth grades holding
Wish to announce that classes for the 1955-56 school term are now
their service at 3 p.m.
in full swing at the MacDowel I Public School, 4201 W. Outer Drive,
Sabbath services on the follow-
until the new Labor Zionist Building, on Schaefer and 7 Mile Rd.,
ing weekend also will be held in
is completed.
the First Methodist Church, and
will commence at 8:15 p.m.
Emanu-El Slates
Holiday Services
in R.O. Church
in Homiletics (preaching).
Like most other college grad-
uates today, following his ordina-
tion, Rabbi Halpern entered the
armed forces, and served for a
year as Jewish chaplain at Fort
Campbell, Ky.
He went_overseas with his wife
the following year and was sta-
tioned with the chaplain's office
at Stuttgart, Germany. In July,
1954, the Halpern's daughter,
Renanah, was born in Germany.
After his separation from the
Army, Rabbi Halpern inter-
viewed and was interviewed by
several congregations. He states
that the challenge of working
with a young and growing con-
gregation was the reason he
quickly accepted Beth Shalom's
offer.
The rabbi and his family pres-
ently reside at 24050 Coolidge.
Now, as the New Year 5716
opens tonight, Rabbi Halpern and
Beth Shalom members will start
a fresh year with the hope of ful-
filling their objectives.
Beth Shalom services. will be
held at 6:15 p.m., today, and at
9 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, at
Carpenter's Hall, 1949 W. 12 Mile. Traditional Services
Rabbi Halpern will preach Satur- Planned by Young Israel
day on "Adding Life to Our
Years" and Sunday on "Con- • Young Israel Center of Oak-
servative Judaism — The Vital Woods, traditional synagogue lo-
cated at 24061 Coolidge, in Oak
Center."
Park, has planned the following
May the Oak-Woodser extend
schedule for Rosh Hashanah
to all residents of the Detroit
and suburban communities his services:
High Holiday services will be-
personal wishes for a grand
gin at 6:30 p.m., today, and will
and glorious New Year, filled
be held at 8 a.m., Saturday, and
with dedication .to our faith and
7:45 a.m., Sunday. Rabbi Yaakov
our people, and with high hopes
I. Homnick will preach the first
that each of you will enjoy a
full measure of happiness and day on "The Constant Call" and
peace and that you all will take Sunday on "Together."
a part in our • community's
A special feature of this year's
steady -climb toward mature
services will be Junior Congrega-
stability.
tion services conducted by Cyril
Servetter . and Clifford Miller.
Plans are being made to continue
these services throughout the
year.
Assisting Rabbi Homnick in
conducting the principal services
will be Cantor David Tanzman
The Detroit Section, National and Morris Novetsky, congrega-
Council of Jewish Women and tional president.
the Neugarten Medical Aid
groups won first prizes in a re-
cent Detroit News Women's Club
Contest.
Judges awarded the Division 1,
A recent letter in the Austra-
clubs of 300 or more members, lian Jewish Herald complaining
first prize of $250 to the Detroit about a practice of addressing
Section, National Council of Jew- political party meetings in Yid-
ish Women, because of their dish was answered with counter-
project to find employment for charges upholding the right to
older, hard-to-place persons.
Yiddish political speeches.
Their volunteer program is
P. Komesaroff, of Brunswick,
geared toward job placement of
who delivered the original pro-
persons handicapped by age, poor
test, stated t h a t "organizing
health, lack of skill, inability to election meetings with addresses
speak English and any other de- in foreign languages is a dan-
terrents to job-finding. The proj- gerous practice and tends. to
ect included research, employ- create sensational or national
ment of a professional social groups which is most undesir-
worker, volunteer work by see- able."
tion members and fund raising to
Although stating that he has
carry on the work.
Several hundred employers no dislike of Yiddish, the writer
were visited by the section, who felt that there would develop
reported "overwhelming favora- "a Yiddish vote" and the prac-
ble reaction and results. With tice "is an insult to our Jewish
"facts, figures and reports" from intelligence."
In answering, N. J a c o b s o n 9.
their files-,` the section said em-
ployers were introduced to a new chairman of the public relations
idea in industry: that older per- committee of the Victorian Jew-
ish board of deputies, said he
sons make desirable workers.
The section president last sea- could see no objection, but it
son was Mrs. Arthur Gould of must be the usual party plat-*
form that is propagated.
San Juan Ave.
Stating he is opposed to a Yid-
The Division 2 win by Neu-
garten Medical Aid was on its dish vote, as is Mr. Komesaroff,
"The Forgotten Children" project Jacobson said that the mere
in which the first known nursery fact that Yiddish is used by one
school for mentally retarded chil- speaker among a number of
dren was opened in this country. English speeches certainly has
Months of planning preceded no relation to the creation of
public announcement of the such issues.
school. The response was so
heavy that only the most needy
cases could be accepted. Children
are being trained with the aim of
making them acceptable for pub-
lic school reception, and parents
are being given consultation to
assist in preparation of - the chil-
dren whose .mental development
was retarded by brain injury at
birth.
President of Neugarten Medical
Aid last season was Mrs. David
Saks of Bloomfield Terrace, Pon-
tiac. Project chairman was Mrs.
Johnny Lebow
Herbert Green of Ohio Ave.
Women's Groups
Win Top Awards
In Detroit Area
Yiddish in Elections
Hit in Australia
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TUROVER AID SOCIETY
UNITED JEWISH FOLK SCHOOLS
Registrations for the new semester, for students, 6 to 13, are still
being token. Transportation is provided. For information, call TO.
8-9280, from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
We wish all students, parents and school board members
a very Happy New Year.
— United Jewish Folk Schools
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