Bnai Moshe
ride
in Goldman's Sacred Art
By HARVEY ZUCKERBERG
It is the work of sculptor Her-
bert Goldman that transports the
functional design of Cong. Bnai
Moshe into an awe-inspiring house
of worship.
A native Detroiter, Goldman
was commissioned to create art
objects appropriate for a syna-
gogue. So his contribution, while
representative of our times and
the suburban Oak Park congre-
gation, is a symbolic expression.
Each of his pieces in the new
million-dollar edifice conveys a
meaning and is -not commercial
HERBERT GOLDMAN
decor for ornament's sake. Gold-
man's sculpture contains a fresh
breath of originality.
He adopted organic designs
suggesting living plants as a point
of departure for both sets of
menorahs mounted on each side
of the Holy Ark.
The bronze menorahs in the
main sanctuary rest on maho-
gany bases at each end of the
bimah and are intended to
visually interpret the first acts
of creation. The Almighty
Creator is - spelled out in the
branches, fashioned like the
Hebrew characters "Shin," "Da-
led," and "Yud." Appended
luminated spheres portray the
earth, sun, moon and stars.
Flat pieces of sculpture depict-
ing maps of the most epochal
periods of the Jewish homeland
adorn the Holy Ark. Standing
out in relief are symbols and
words identifying t
holidays. The reli
by shaping th
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capital
"Sermons
Registration of I ewish Slave Laborers Urged
.
in Bronze — The Hand of the
Almighty Guiding the Hand of
Man," the theme developed by
the sculptor is based on his view
that the hand is most often called
upon to execute the deeds con-
ceived in the mind and dictated
by the heart of man.
The largest project of the
sacred art objects created by
Goldman for the congregation
is the "Etz Chayim," the Tree
of Life, 36 feet long and seven -
feet wide, mounted in the cen-
ter of the front wall facing Ten
Mile Rd.
"It is not," says Goldman, "a
literally represented tree that
satisfies the observer insofar as
he simply recognizes it as a tree
and then ceases to look or think
about it . . . (It is) rather ime in
which are woven the basic
forms of the letters of two He-
brew words to symbolize growth
itself, organic growth of the
nature of a tree or vines, or
spiritual growth in an upward
direction, from the earth below
to the sky or Torah above.
"The two words are Peace
(Shalom) and Wisdom (Choch-
mah) and have special import to
the Tree of Life (likened to the
Torah) as indicated in our pray-
ers taken from Proverbs
"Length of days is in her right
hand . . .; She is a Tree of Life
to them . . . and all its paths are
Peace."
Goldman, who lives with his
wife, Jane, and daughters Carol,
Lissa, Rayna and Suzanne Al-
buquerque, New Mexico, has re-
ceived numerous commissions
for his work and his sculpture
has been exhibited in many shows
and museums here and in the
west. He is the son of Ben F.
Goldman, past president of Cong.
Bnai Moshe.
Former Jewish inmates of
Nazi concentration camps, who
toiled as slave laborers for pri-
vate German firms, are request-
ed to register by the Commit-
tee of Former Jewish Slave
Laborers in Germany, which was
set up in cooperation with lead-
ing national and world Jewish
organizations. The Committee
has its principal office in New
York, at 3 E. 54th St.
The committee is seeking to
gain compensation from Ger-
man firms for the benefit of
their surviving Jewish slave 1 .
borers, along the same line
are provided by the agree is
reached with the I. G. a. ben
and the Friedrich Krup com-
panies. The committee
sires
to register the surviving slave
laborers, so that they might not
be excluded from the benefits
of any future settlements which
may be reached. It is in the
claimants' own interest, the
committee emphasized, to give
the matter their immediate at-
tention, and to register by Dec.
31. The committee makes no
charge for its services, nor does
it act as a legal representative
of individual c
Co
ca ions s i d be
ssed to the Compensation
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29a, Fra furt /Main G
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and the place and dates where
the slave labor was performed.
The Compensation Treuhand
GmbH is a special trust set up
to administer the funds to be
paid out under the I. G. Farben
and the Krupp agreements.
Former slave laborers at the
I. G. Farben and the Friedrich
Krupp companies, who have
already registered with the
Treuhand, are
• ested no
register again,
as claims re already on
file. S e lab ers at other
companies, w
were 'in pre-
ions corresp
ence with the
mittee
Former Jewish
Slave Lab
s at its New York
office,
not register again,
at t
ime.
mw swiMtwor-
.
ces
Franklin Mortgage Corporation
will be servicing $50,000,000 of
FHA and GI mortgages by the
end of this year.
Ben Levinson, president of
Fr•nklin Mortgage Corporation,
at a meeting last week, informed
Henry T. Badman, president,
John N. McLucas, senior vice
president, and James A. Zinn,
vice president, of National Bank
of Detroit, Dwight K. Hambor-
sky, director of Federal Housing
Administration, and Mayor Louis
C. Miriani, •that his company is
today servicing in excess of $40,-
000,000 in United States Gov-
ernment-insured and guaranteed
mortgages.
TOC
KET COURSES
at the new
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
Adult Education Department
EVENING COURSE-8 Weeks
Tuesday evening — 8 to 9:15 p.m. — Starts Oct. 4
AFTERNOON COURSE — 6 Weeks — For Ladies Only
This is a more basic course in fundamentals
of stock market investing.
Monday afternoon — 2 to 3 p.m. — Starts Oct. 3
For complete information on registering, fees, etc. phone the
Adult Education Department of the Center, DI 1-4200, ext. 169.
We suggest early registration, as enrollment is limited.
Course condUcted by A. I. Morrison of Morrison 8 Frumin, Inc.
members Detroit Stock Exchange, Penobscot Building, Detroit.
Americans Offered Part
in Modern Development
of Ancient City of Safad
Twentieth century develop-
ment is penetrating the :ancient
and picturesque city of Safad,
Israel, center of Jewish mysti-
cism and cabalistic studies, in
the hills of Galilee overlooking
Lake Tiberias and the surround-
ing mountain ranges.
Ground was recently broken
re for a modern shopping and
mercial center. to serve the
dly growing population and
developing new residential
as known as South Safad.
The new center will be open
o American participation through
its developer, Rassco-Rural and
Suburban Settlement Company,
Israel's foremost company in real
estate which is represented in the
United States through Rassco Is-
rael Corporation, New York.
Slated for completion in No-
vember, the shopping and com-
mercial center will comprise 29
shops, 17 offices and six work-
shops.
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Events in Community
The season's first issue of the
Calendar of Coming Events has
been distributed to interested
organizations and individuals in
the Jewish community, Dr. Al-
vin Lezell, Chairman of the
Jewish Community Council's
Calendar Committee announces.
The Calendar contains a list-
ing, by dates, of organizational
events and is intended to pre-
vent duplication or competition
of major gatherings.
Council member organiza-
tions, Dr. Lezell stated, are in-
vited to make use of the calen-
dar clearance by contacting the
calendar secretary at the Coun-
cil office. Issued bi-weekly
during the program season;
each calendar lists events
scheduled for a period three
weeks in advance.
Dr. Lezell noted that addi-
tions to the mailing list will be
made upon request.
PEACE BE WITHIN THY WALLS,
AND PROSPERITY WITHIN THY PALACES.
Psalms CXXIII
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