Hands Across the Chasm THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Elazar Retires as Superintendent of UHS;
Is Succeeded by Dr. Benjamin Yapko

On June 29, friends and col-
leagues will pay tribute to United
Hebrew Schools Superintendent
Albert Elazar, who is retiring after
23 years' service to the UHS and
the community.
A reception, tendered by the of-
ficers and board of directors of
the United Hebrew Schools and
the Midrasha, College of Jewish
Studies, will be held 8 p.m. in
the. LaMed Auditorium.
Early in his career at the UHS,
Elazar played an important role
in the establishment of the Midra-
sha. He has been instrumental in
furthering partnership relations
with a number of synagogues in
the community, as well as in pro-
viding guidance and assistance to
the independent Jewish schools in
the area. In addition, the UHS and
the synagogues of metropolitan
Detroit have coperated in estab-
lishing the requirement that Bar
Mitzva candidates attend a Hebrew
school for five years.
Elazar was an organizer of the
_ Detroit Board of License, estab-
lished in 1966 to set minimum
standards for teachers in the
Hebrew schools.
During his administration, the
Summer Collegiate Institute at the
Hebrew University was established,
in July 1969. This study program,
sponsored by the Center for Jewish
Education and Culture of the Jew-
ish Agency, the Hebrew Univer-
sity and the Midrasha, provides
American and Canadian students
with an opportunity to deepen their
understanding of Israel. Students
of the Mehina (preparatory class

Upon his retirement, Elazar will j
assume the honorary title of super-
intendent emeritus of the UHS
and president emeritus of the
Midrasha.
In July, he and Mrs. Elazar will
leave the United States to make
their home in Israel, where their
son David and his family are now
settled.

Sydney Goodman
Heads E. Lansing
Congregation

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Norman D. Katz, president of the
United Hebrew Schools' board of
Sydney Goodman, former treas-
directors, announces the appoint-
ment of Dr. Benjamin L. Yapko to urer of Beth Aaron Synagogue in
the position of UHS superintend- Detroit, has been elected president

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Friday, June 11,1971-35

NEW YORK (ZINS)-25 years
after the Holocaust, more than
35,000 Israelis patronized per-
University of Detroit during the formances of the Stuttgart Ballet.
There are approximately 3,000
past three summers.
Dr. Yapko also will succeed young Israelis traveling to West
Elazar as president of the Mid- Germany each year as tourists.
rasha, College of Jewish Studies. Some 20,000 Israelis hold dual
citizenship .— West German pass-
ports. They and thousands of other
Israeli residents maintain close.
contact with the German Embassy,

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Goodman suc-I:
ceeds Marvin
Lieberman.
Other officers
elected are: Stan-
ton'Golden, finan-
cial vice presi-
dent; Jack Rach-
man, religious
vice president;
Goodman
Dr. Daniel Jacob-
son,- education vice president;
Harold Kramer, financial secre-
tary; Marvin Gladstone, treas-
urer, Bernard Bloomfield, record-
ing secretary; and Robert Mer-
melstein, corresponding secretary.
Elected to the board of trustees
were Sandor Fuchs, Jack Davis,
Dr. Carl West and Dr. Ralph
Smuckler. Those elected to the
board of education are Mrs. Stan-
ley Stark, Mrs. Herbert Rudman,
Dr. Irvin Lehmann and Dr. Dan-
iel Kruger.
The East Lansing congregation
serves 270 families and is a center
for Jewish activity in the greater
Lansing area.
Rabbi Philip Frankel is spiritual
leader, and Bruce Wetzler serves
as cantor.

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ent. At the beginning of July Dr.
Yapko will succeed Albert Elazar,
who ,is • retiring after 23 years'
service.
Since September 1967, Dr. Yapko
has been serving as associate su-
perintendent of the UHS and prov-
ost of the Midrasha. Prior to
coming to the UHS, Dr. Yapko was
director of the Milwaukee Bureau
of Jewish Education. He is a grad-
uate of Yeshiva University's Teach-
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