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May 26, 1961 - Image 5

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1961-05-26

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Just before sun-down on Friday, Sept. 27, 1861, 17
men climbed the steep steps to the floor above Sherer's
Drug Store on Michigan Grand Ave., between Bates and
Randolph Sts., and held the first Sabbath service of their
newly formed congregation, Shaarey Zedek.

This Sunday, Congregation0
Shaarey Zedek, with a member-
ship of 1,700 families, represent-
ing 5,000 congregants, will begin
a year-long centennial celebra-
tion.
At 11 a.m., ground-breaking

ceremonies will mark the be-
ginning of construction of a
new synagogue on a 40-acre
site at James Couzens Hwy.
and Bell Rd., Southfield.

Zackheim, Mrs. Joseph II. Ehr-
lich, Paul Fleisher, Harry Co-
hen, Louis James Rosenberg,
Robert Marwil, Max Krell,
Benjamin Krell and Mrs. A. B.
Stralser.

Fifth generation families in-
clude: Dr. and Mrs. Davis Ben-
son, Jacob, Herbert and Baer
Keidan, Don Schiller and Dr,
Henry Berris.
Mayor Louis C. Miriani and
Governor John Swainson will par-
ticipate in the dinner program.
Dr. Samuel Krohn, centennial
program chairman, said a Memo-
rial Day Service, 11 a.m. Tuesday,
May 30, at Clover Hill Park

More than 600 members of the
congregation will attend a dinner
opening the centennial, Sunday
evening, in the social hall of the
synagogue, Chicago and Lawton.
Hy Safran is dinner chairman.
Mandell L. Berman, chairman
of the building committee, will
preside at the ground-breaking
ceremonies. Rabbi Morris Adler
will deliver the principal address.
A religious school holiday has
been declared to enable all reli-
gious school pupils to attend the
Paulette Oppert Fink, nation-
ceremonies. Junior and senior al president of the United Jew-
high school students will attend ish Appeal Women's Division,
as a group and will be transport- will address the 15th annual
ed to the site in school busses. meeting of the Jewish Welfare
Elementary school children will Federation Women's Division,
attend with their parents. The at noon, Wednesday, June 7, at
youth choirs will participate in Franklin Hills Country Club. -
the ceremonies.
All wome
Participating in the program
will be Donald Swanson, Mayor who made a
of Southfield, Abraham Satov- contribution to
sky, president of the congrega- the Federa-
tion, and Louis Berry, chair- tion's 1961 Al-
man of the building fund cam- lied .Jewish
paign. Rabbi Irwin Groner will Campaign are
present the invocation and invited to
benediction a n d responsive attend, an-
,reading will be led by Dr. Leon- nounces Mrs.
ard Sidlow. Sholem Post 537 Harry. E. Au-
of the Jewish War Veterans •gust, Division
president.
will present the colors.
The program
Congregants who are the fifth
generation to hold membership in of the lunch-
the congregation and members eon meeting
who haVe belonged to the con- calls for a
gregation for 50 years or longer president's
will participate in the ground- port, election
breaking and the Centennial Din- of officers and Paulette Fink
entertainment.
ner.
During the war, Mrs. Fink
Fifty-year members include:
Abraham Srere, Hyman A. Kei- did vital and dangerous work
dan, Mrs. Joseph Keidan, Judge in rescuing Jewish orphaned
William Friedman, Maurice children from the Nazis. After

Cemetery, will be the first in a Pere
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an, famed New
series of special centennial year
archi ect-designer of syna-
observances, and that a series of
ues and public buildings.
events featuring eminent spea
A diamond - shaped s. ctuary
ers and artists will blend i
which soar of 7
mate congregational activi
feet domi
go
with large, community-wide
plan and re
deavors.
cient tabe
es
The low wings
building
Plans for the new syn
will house t
chapels for
have been drawn by Albert
daily
igious school use,
Associated Architedts and
rative and school offices,
neers, Inc., in association with school classrooms, a library, a

Mrs. Fink to Address Federation
Women's Division Annual Meeting

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Year of Centennial Celebrations
Starts with Congregational Dinner

1961 `9Z SBIAI 'SuPlId

Shaarey Zedeh Ground-Breaking Sunday

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