20—Friday, June 18, 1971
SYNAGOGUE
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Birmingham Temple to Be Dedicated
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NEW BUILDING OF BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today and 11 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Fram will discuss "The Tree of Life" in a series on the
"Poetry of the Bible." John Agranove and Thamas LaBret, Bnai
Mitzva today. Robert Sakat, Bar Mitzva Saturday.
CONG. BEM ABRAHAM: Services 6:45 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Satur-
day. Rabbi Halpern's sermon will be "Is Society Worth Saving?"
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Martin Schneider, Bar
Mitzva today, will deliver a sermonette "One Law Alike for
Stranger and Native."
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Sat-
urday. Rabbi Goldman will discuss "Denouncers of the Land."
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Rosenbaum will discuss "How Ministers See Jews." Robert
Hamburger, Bar Mitzva today.
CONG. MISHKAN ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Kranz will speak on "The Intention of the Spies."
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Lehrman will discuss "Perils of the Half Truth." Michael
Fox, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 8 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
Richard Moss, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday
Michael Raizman and Saul Sharfman, Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. BETH MOSES: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
Howard Jacobs, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 7:15 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
Robert Herner, Gary Salem and Jay Penfil, Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Satur-
- day. David Gerger and Michael Reider, Bnai Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Birmingham Temple (see story,)
Adas Shalom Synagogue, Temple Beth Jacob of Pontiac, Livonia Jewish
Congregation, Young Israel of Greenfield, Cong. Beth Hillel, Young
Israel of Oak-Woods, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah, Cong. Bnai
Jacob, Temple Beth El, Cong. Bnai Israel of Pontiac and Downtown
Synagogue.
Kol Aini Elects
Gerald Freedman
Temple Kol Ami's fifth annual
meeting resulted in the election of
Gerald Freedman as president.
Other officers are: vice presi-
dents, Howard Packman and Irv-
ing Protetch; secretary, Mrs. Wal-
ter Ambinder; treasurer, Bob
Friedman; and board members,
Mrs. Eugene Snider, Ira Anes, Ir-
win Desmonde, Joseph Gadon and
John Stein.
Reform Rabbis to Review
Threat by Secular Society
Bnai David Acquires
Cantor for Holy Days
Cong. Bnai David announces it
has secured the services of Cantor
Alexander Lencz of Kew Gardens,
N.Y., as cantor
for parallel serv-
ices during the
High Holy Days.
Educated as a
cantor in London,
he attended the
Royal Academy
of Music with
further studies in
New York City,
eventually serv-
i n g Temple Cantor Lencz
NEW YORK—The threat posed Emanu-El in Bayonne, N.J., for
by the secular society to the syna- 14 years. Cantor Lencz, 41, is a
gogue, to the rabbinate and to lyrical baritone.
the Jewish community will be con-
fronted by the 82nd annual con-
vention of the Central Conference
of American Rabbis (Reform Juda-
ism), June 21-24 at the Chase-Park
Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.
The CCAR's two elected - lead-
ers, Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn
of Boston, president, and Rabbi
David Polish of Evanston, Ill., vice
president, will discuss these con-
cerns in their keynote messages,
Monday evening, June 21.
Philadelphia Cantor to Be
at Beth Achim Service
The dedication service for the
new home of Birmingham Temple
will be held 8:30 p.m. June 25 at
28611 W. Twelve Mile, Farmington.
The first congregation of Hu-
manistic Judaism, Birmingham
Temple was founded eight years
ago by eight families and Rabbi
Sherwin Wine.
Two other congregations, one in
Deerfield, Ill., and the other in
Westport, Conn., share the non-
theistic philosophy of the Birming-
ham Temple. In 1970, the Society
At services 8:30 p.m. today,
members will meet for the first
time in the new building.
New officers who will be in-
stalled include:
Dr. Burton Bacher, president;
Dr. Thomas Banks and Dr. Leon
Fogel, vice presidents; Dr. Gerald
Berman, secretary; and William
Ernst, treasurer.
New members of the board of
trustees are Marshall Davis, Edna
Freier, Howard Katz, David Kre-
for Humanistic Judaism was estab- ger, Paul Molnar, Martin Rosen-
lished in Detroit to provide a na- sweet, Alfred Tobacman and Sey-
tional forum for this new philos- mour Vander.
ophy, emphasizing the "humanistic
Rabbi Wine will discuss "New
values of personal autonomy, self-
reliance and rationality." It "finds Directions for Humanistic Juda-
ism," with emphasis on the rela-
tion of the philosophy of Humanis-
tic Judaism to the needs of the
members of Birmingham Temple
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and to the community at large.
for July 3 Holiday
Because Monday,, July 5,
is now a national holiday,
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the meaning of life in man's abil-
ity to achieve his own self-re-
spect," and it "denies that Jewish
identity depends on religious belief
and affirms that Judaism is the
culture of an international extend-
ed family."
The new temple is situated on
seven acres. Its low profile and
informality emphasize "the earth-
centered and human-centered ap-
proach of the temple philosophy."
The auditorium sanctuary will
be used for public services, private
ceremonies and educational meet-
ings.
Unlike conventional synagogues,
the focal point of the room is the
sculpted Hebrew word adam
("man") which replaces the tra-
ditional ark of the Torah.
The new Birmingham Temple
was built at a cost of $210,000. It
was designed by the architectural
firm of Tobocman and Lawrence
and constructed by the Nelson Or-
ganization.
On June 27, there will be an
open house for the community
from 1 to 5 p.m. The public is
M. M. Kanter
Honored in Senate
Rabbi Morton M. Kanter gave
the opening prayer at the U.S.
Senate on June 9 and his theme
was based on Psalm 34:14: "Seek
peace and pursue it."
In the course of that day's
proceedings, Senator Robert Grif-
fin, who had arranged for Rabbi
Kanter to give the opening prayer,
paid honor to the visiting rabbi
and recalled the early history of
Temple Beth El of Detroit.
Senator Griffin recalled the role
that was played in Detroit by the
late Dr. Leo M. Franklin and the
position now held in Temple Beth
El by his successor, Rabbi Richard
Hertz.
Named by Temple Israel
Congregation Beth Hillel sponsored its annual Israel Bond event
Sunday evening, and $36,000 worth of bonds were sold. The appeal
was made by Louis Levitan, regional Israel Bond director. At the
event (from left) are Mrs. Sigmund Lowenthal, Sigmund Lowenthal,
who received the Israel Shalom Award; and Hermann Strassburger;
standing, Joey Russell, the evening's entertainer, and Rabbi Joel J.
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Cantor Hershel Weitz of Phila-
delphia will officiate at services
9 a.m. Saturday at Cong. Beth
Achim.
A former student of the Luba-
vitcher Yeshiva in Brooklyn, he is invited.
presently enrolled in the Cantors
Institute of the Jewish Theological
Seminary.
Rabbi
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Rabbi Harold Loss, 26, of Miami
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Temple Israel as head of youth
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wish to congratulate their beloved and revered
spiritual leader,
RABBI HAYIM DONIN
on the occasion of his being awarded the
CHIEF RABBI HERZOG
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which he received at the National Dinner
sponsored by Religious Zionists of America-
Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi — held at the
Waldorf Astoria, New York, on June 16.
May Rabbi Donin and his family be blessed
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with labors for Israel, the Torah and the
Jewish people.