20—Friday, September 9, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Holy Day Services for Jews in Overseas Installations
Jewish men in uniform who are
separated from their families, as
well as those whose wives and
children are living with them at
military bases, will observe Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur in Viet-
nam and at more than 600 other
overseas and domestic installations
TEMPLE BETH AM: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Jessel will speak throughout worldwide arrange-
on "What Is the Meaning of These Holidays?"
ments made by the National Jew-
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NORTHWEST: Services 6:35 p.m. today and 9 ish Welfare Board, it was an-
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Prero will speak on "Rosh Hashana Ap- nounced today by Rabbi Selwyn D.
proaches."
Ruslander, of Dayton, chairman of
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 6:40 p.m. today and 9 a.m. JWB's commission on Jewish
Saturday. Rabbi Goldman will speak on "The Last Sabbath of the chaplaincy.
Year."
The three Jewish chaplains serv-
TEMPLE BETH JACOB, Pontiac: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi ing the steadily increasing num-
Berkowitz will speak on 'Facing the Unanswerable."
ber of Jewish servicemen in Viet-
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Syme will speak on nam front lines are Chaplains
"In the Presence of God." Renee Judith Lacoff, Bat Mitzva. At
Alan M. Greenspan, Ernest D.
11 a.m. services Saturday, Kenneth Jay Begun and Gary Lustig,
Lapp and Robert L. Reiner. In
Bnai Mitzva.
addition to conducting High Holy
BETH AARON SYNAGOGUE: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Gorrelick will speak on "Finished but Not Ended." Day services for men in the U.S.
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today. Rabbi Rosenbaum Military Advisory Command, Cha-
will speak on "Where Do You Stand?' Mark G. Landau and plain Greenspan will officiate at
similar services for Jews serv-
Jeffrey M. Aronsson, Bnai Mitzva.
THE NEW TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today at Birmingham Uni- ing in Australian units in Vietnam.
Chaplain Robert L. Reiner of
tarian Church. Rabbi Conrad will speak on "Striving for Excel-
the 3rd Marine Division has ar-
lence."
ranged for Rosh Hashana serv-
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services will be held 5:30• p.m. today and 11:15
ices in the Da Nang Air Force
a.m. Saturday. Jeffrey Shipko, Bar Mitzva.
Base Chapel and Yom Kippur
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
services at the Military Assist.
Larry Kramer and Andrew Snitz, Bnai Mitzva.
ance Command compound. Some
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 6:30 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
of the Jewish men in Phu Bai
Steven Steinway and Seth Blumberg, Bnai Mitzva.
will fly down, for the Da Nang
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m.
services. Chaplain Reiner will
. Saturday. Melvin Zinberg, Bar Mitzva.
also officiate at High Holy Day
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 6:20 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
observances in Chu Lai at the
Marvin Fried and Mark Mulias; Bnai Mitzva.
First Division Marine Com-
YOUNG ISRAEL CENTER OF OAK-WOODS: Services 6:40 p.m.
mand Post Chapel.
today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Sidney Alter, Bar Mitzva.
Included among the supplies
Regular services will be held at Cong. Beth Moses, Livonia
Jewish Congregation, Downtown Synagogue, Cong. Beth Abraham, sent by JWB to Vietnam and all
Cong. Beth Joseph and Cong. Mishkan Israel.
SYNAGOGUE
SERVICES
over the globe were prayer books,
prayer shawls, skull caps, Tora
Scrolls, ram's horns, kosher foods,
Jewish calendars and inspirational
literature.
To conduct services for Jewish
military personnel in the Azores,
Bermuda, Goose Bay (Labrador)
and Thailand, the U.S. Air Force
this year is using Jewish chaplains
from stateside installations. In
the Canal Zone, Rabbi Nathan
Witkin, director of the JWB
Armed Forces Service Center in
Balboa, will hold services at the
Center. Luncheon for both days
of Rosh Hashana and a break-
the-fast dinner after Yom Kippur
will be provided at the Tivoli
Guest House for military personnel
and their dependents. Home hos-
pitality will also be extended to
military personnel by members of
the Jewish communities of the
Canal Zone and of Panama City.
High Holy Day services and
home hospitality have also been
arranged for Jewish men in
Italy, Korea, Japan, Germany,
Okinawa, Greece, Turkey, Great
Britain, Spain, Ha w a i i, the
Philippines,' Alaska and at all
"Each year since 1963, • Council
has reviewed with the officer of
Shaarit Haplaytah and others the
situation with regard to these holi-
day services. Each year we have
found that assurances given the
previous year had not been ful-
filled. However, in the hope that
the organization would show a
credible evidence toward fulfilling
the criteria of a permanent syna-
gogue, no obection was raised in
previous years to their holding
High Holiday services. Today, in
the opinion of the Jewish Com-
munity Council, no such progress
has been apparent."
The Council noted that "existing
synagogues within the community
offer ample opportunity for any
person, regardless of means, to
attend worship services during the
High Holidays . .
"We take this action most re-
luctantly and with the hope that
the membership of Shaarit Ha-
playtah will understand the need
for such action and share our
feelings of respect and responsi-
bility toward the Jewish communi-
ty of Detroit."
The services are to be held in
the Albert Einstein School in
Oak Park. Rabbi Jacob Kranz
of Cong. Mishkan Israel, which
is nearby, said that last year
over 50 members of his congre-
gation went to Shaarit Haplay-
tah just for the High Holidays.
"I wouldn't mind if they were
to go to another synagogue," he
said, "but it's not a synagogue.
They offer tickets at a low cost,
but there's not a synagogue in this
city that would turn away a per-
son who can't afford the full price
of a ticket."
Although the group organizing
the Shaarit Haplaytah services has
no rabbi to officiate, a spokesman,
Mrs. Leon Popowski, said "Rabbi
Rosenzweig will find someone for
us."
Rabbi Charles Rosenzweig, a
member of the organization, offi-
ciates at services in Port Huron
each Rosh Hashana.
Martin Rose, a former presi-
dent, defended the planned serv-
ices, calling it "our only way to
raise money."
He said Shaarit Haplaytah meets
regularly for a "minyan" on Sun-
days, "S aturdays sometimes."
Watzman said it does meet regu-
larly but not as a religious group.
Rabbi Ernst Conrad of The New
Temple will teach. a Bible course
to parents, as well as students this
fall.
According to Mrs. Morris Mer-
sky, chairman of the congregation's
religious school committee, con-
firmation class and high school stu-
dents will join their parents for an
hour each Sunday morning to study
the Old Testament with the rabbi.
In addition to dealing with the
background and content of the
Bible, Rabbi Conrad will introduce
the facts of recent archaeological
discoveries. (Rabbi Conrad will
again teach a course in biblical
archaeology at Oakland University
during the coming year.)
Other religious school classes
will be offered from kindergarten
through confirmation. The study of
Hebrew will be offered on Sundays
from third grade through sixth.
Special mid-week Hebrew classes
will be taught by Rabbi Conrad for
those interested, especially those
who may elect to be Bar or Bat
Mitzva.
The faculty of the religious
school, compriied of qualified
teachers, will participate in a
training and orientation 'institute
this month prior to the opening
of classes at the Eagle School,
14 Mile and Middlebelt, Oct. 2.
Registration for religious school
should be completed prior to Sept.
24. Application may be made at
The New Temple office, 4036 Tel-
egraph, Bloomfield Hills, 646-5534.
INFANT NEEDS
FOSTER HOME
We are looking for a foster
home that will provide good
care for a 2 months old in-
fant. Agency will pay for
board and medical needs.
Please call David B. Gold-
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CHILDEN'S SERVICE, DIa-
mond 1-5959.
TEMPLE BETH AM
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A HOUSE OF WORSHIP
A HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
A HOUSE OF STUDY
Services at 31840 W. Seven Mile, Livonia
HIGH HOLY DAY TICKETS
New Temple Plans
Jewish Community Council Criticizes
Plans of Shaarit Haplaytah to Form Bible Class for
'Mushroom Synagogue' for Holidays Parents and Teens
The Jewish Community Council
this week voiced its "disappoint-
ment" that an organization mem-
ber, Shaarit Haplaytah, plans to
hold High Holiday services, ignor-
ing a Council position against
"mushroom synagogues."
The statement was issued after
a series of warnings by the Coun-
cil failed to bring cooperation by
the organization.
A "mushroom synagogue" is de-
fined by the Council as an institu-
tion which "provides worship fa-
cilities only during the High Holi-
day season without attempting to
fulfill the ongoing religious needs
of worshipers on a current basis." '
Shaarit Haplaytah, according to
Mike Watzman, outgoing presi-
dent, was founded as a social wel-
fare organization for the benefit
of concentration camp survivors
who have settled here. Its mem-
bership is approximately 550.
Watzman expressed opposition
to the group's plans to hold wor-
ship services and said "a few or-
ganized this, not the board. I can-
not dictate where they go to hold
services."
The Council statement affirm-
ed its position and that of "all
rabbinical and lay religious
- leaders" that "the existence of
such institution detracts signifi-
cantly from the dignity of wor-
ship and the self-respect of our
Jewish community. In addition,
such activities seriously under-
mine the evidence of existing
year-round houses of worship.
With the cooperation of dedicated
and interested readers; our
community, in recent 'years, has
been relatively free of the prob-
lem posed by the emergence of
mushroom synagogues during
the holiday season.
"Beginning in 1963 and in each
succeeding year," the statement
continued, "Council has received
complaints concerning the Shaarit
Haplaytah organization and its
practice of holding High Holiday
services without providing any fa-
cilities for worship services dur-
ing the remainder of the year.
Because of Shaarit Haplaytah's
stated intention of forming a
permanent congregation and its as-
surances that it would provide
evidence of this effect, the Com-
munity Council has posed no pub-
lic objections to these activities in
the past.
installations and Veterans Ad-
ministration hospitals in the
United States.
Civilian rabbis will officiate at
Fort Campbell, Ky., Fort Riley,
Kans., and at Travis Air Force
Base, the Navy Complex in San
Diego, and George Air Force Base
in California. At these installa-
tions no Jewish chaplains are
assigned.
Chaplain David Saltzman is
going on a special High Holy Day
assignment to Taiwan. Arrange.
ments have also been made for
services to be held for men on
maneuvers aboard transports an
warships on the high seas.
474-7973 • Livonia P.O. 144 • 476-4100
Shomrey Emunah Synagogue
High Holiday Services at the airconditioned
Sanctuary —Schaefer corner Clarita
AUXILIARY SERVICES will also be held at the
Air Conditioned Labor Zionist Auditorium
19161 Schaefer Highway
Rabbi Sholem Flom and Rabbi Shaioll Zachariash of Toledo, Ohio
. will conduct services.
Tickets for EITHER location available at the Synagogue
beginning, Sunday, August 28th
Evenings 7:30-9 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-Noon
For Information Mr. L. Laufer, Ticket Chairman, UN 4-4355
Mr. I. LEVIN, Pres., DI 1-9061-
AIR-CONDITIONED
CONGREGATION BETH JOSEPH
(ANSHE RUZHIN)
ANNOUNCES THE SALE OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF
MAIN SANCTUARY SEATS FOR THE
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TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE SYNAGOGUE OFFICE
Monday and Tuesday 9-12 A.M. - 4-8 P.M. Sunday 10 A.M. - 8 P.M.
18450 WYOMING, NEAR PICKFORD
UNIVERSITY 4-0982
sincere message to our members, lonsleit and the entire Jewish
Community . . . May you and yours be inscribed for a healthy
and happy New Year.
Mr. Hyman Karp, Pres.
and the Officers
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DATES STILL AVAILABLE FOR BAR MITZVAHS
S'LIHOT SERVICES MIDNIGHT, SAT., SEPT. 10th
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