Rabbis, Meeting at Bertesgaden,
Report Jews Returning to Live

Meeting in the Bavarian suite of the old Platterhof
Hotel, now rebuilt and renamed the General Walker Hotel
at Bertesgaden, Germany, are Jewish chaplains of the U.S.
Army stationed in Germany. They are (from left) Captains
Joel Iskowitz, Stanley Gerstein and Melvin Hecht, Rabbi
Richard C. Hertz of Detroit, U. Col. Richard E. Dryer,
and Captains Elliot Marmon and Barry Schneider. Not
shown is Air Force Major Nathan Landman.

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"Jews are returning not
to die but to live a new life
in Germany," Dr. Richard C.
Hertz reported on his return
froma Defense Department
mission for the chief of chap-
lains, on which Dr. Hertz
conducted retreats for Jew-
ish servicemen at Bertesga-
den, Germany.
Ironically, the Jewish re-
treats were held in the Ba-
varian suite of the old Plat-
terhof Hotel, formerly Hit-
ler's private offices and now
rebuilt for use by the U.S.
Army as a rest and recrea-
tion area for American ser-
vicemen.
Meeting with 227 Jewish
officers and enlisted men of
the army and air force sta-
tioned throughout Germany,
Rabbi Hertz of Detroit's Tem-
ple Beth El, delivered a
series of lectures on Jew-
ish concerns and values. He

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learned from Jewish chap-
lains stationed in Germany
that Jews are returning there
to make a new life.
"Some come back because
they remember the Germany
of their youth in the days
before Hitler, and they want
to live out their lives on a
pension in a beautiful coun-
try," said Dr. Hertz. "Polish
Jews are coming back be-
cause they can't return to
Poland or East Germany be-
hind the Iron Curtain. Some
American Jews who served
as GIs in Germany liked it
so well, or maybe married a
German girl, that they find
jobs as civilians and stay
there. Some Germans who
went to Israel have returned
to Germany where the living
is easier and the struggle
for a livelihood isn't so
tough!
Dr. Hertz continued, "I
returned from this mission
for the chief of chaplains
with the deep impression
that our Jewish GIs stationed
in Germany feel their Jew-
ish consciousness more in
Germany than if they were
stationed in any other place
in the American defense es-
tablishment. Every place you
go in Germany reminds you
of our people's presence
there for the last 1,000
years. You sense Jewish his-
tory and Jewish martyrdom
everywhere in Germany."

Larry Freedman

Orchestra

Beth Abraham-Hillel Will Mark 80th Anniversary

Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel of President Menasche Haar,
will celebrate its 80th anni- chairman; vice presidents
versary with a weekend of Irwin Klar and
Sigmund
special
events,
beginning Lowenthal and past president
with an oneg Shabat service Irving Adler, co-chairmen;
8:15 p.m. Jan. 26.
commemorative journal, past
Dr. Irving I. Edgar will president Sam Kaufer, chair-
speak on "Reminiscing About man, William Genser and
the Early Jewish Commu- Irving Nusbaum, co-chair-
nity of Detroit," after which men;
program, Bernhard
there will be tea and a social Lichtenstein, men's club
hour hosted by the sister- president Harry Left, sister-
hood.
hood president Mrs. Charles
At 9 p.m. Jan. 27 the anni- Rubin and Mrs. Henry
versary Sabbath service will Thumin.
Beth Abraham. now Cong.
be observed with special
music offered by Cantor Beth Abraham-Hillel, one of
Shahtai Ackerman and As- the oldest traditional syna-
sociate Cantor Israel Fuchs gogues in Metropolitan De-
troit, was established on
and the synagogue choir.
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern May 10, 1892. Its small group
will speak on "Eight Decades of members first held serv-
of Judaism . . Looking ices in a private home on
Ahead." A kidush and Sab- Hastings St. near Winder.
bath luncheon will be served.
In a few years, with a
That Sunday evening, at membership of 50 families,
6:30, a black-tie anniversary the first Beth Abraham
dinner-dance will be held synagogue building was
with special guests in at- established on Winder, be-
tendance. Eric Rosenow and tween Hastings and Rivard.
As
residential
his orchestra will provide
areas
the
synagogue
music for dinner and dancing. changed,
The congregational anni- moved with its members,
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Cong. Bnai Moshe's Town
Hall Series. The public is
invited. Rabbi Preisand, 25,
who was ordained last June,
is serving as assistant rabbi
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Synagogue in New York, one
of the largest Reform tem-
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Beth Achim Men's Club;
Dave Zeff, representing Adas
Shalom; Leslie Hayman,
Temple Emanu-El; Joseph
Korman, Temple Israel;
Harry Left, Beth Abraham;
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Envoy Yosef Tekoah to Address
40th Intercongregational Event

The 40th annual Intercon-
gregational Men's Club
Dinner will be held Feb. 20
at Cong. Beth Achim.
Initiated to strengthen
brotherhood ties among Or-
thodox, Conservative and Re-
form men's clubs of the
area, the event thtis year
also will salute the 25th an-
niversary of the independ-
ance of the state of Israel.
A special program will
mark the double anniversary,
at which Yosef Tekoah, am-
bassador of Israel to the
United Nations, will speak.
Chairman of the intercon-
gregational committee is
Donald J. Davis. His com-
mittee includes Howard
Stone, tickets; Harold Baker,
public relations; Larry Fox,
president of the men's club;
Max Silverman, Sam Rosen,
William Freedman, Jack

Beth Abraham's spiritual
leaders have been Rabbis
Judah L. Levin, Joseph
Thumin and Israel Halpern,
who was appointed in 1949.
The late Dr. Leopold Neu-
haus and Rabbi Joel Litke,
who presently serves a con-
gregation in Oakland, Calif.,
served the former Beth
Hillel.

to Linwood in 1932, and, in
1954, to the building on W.
Seven Mile Rd. The con-
gregation moved into its
present location on Maple
Rd. in West Bloomfield, in
August 1971- Two months
later the 30-year-old Cong.
Beth Hillel and its 150 mem-
ber families joined with Beth
Abraham to become Beth
Abraham-Hillel.
In 1912, the congregation's
privately owned cemetery
was established on Wood-
ward and 81/4 Mile Rds. in
Ferndale, and another Me-
morial Park, presently own-
ed by the congregation since
its merging, is the Beth
Hillel section of the Hebrew
Memorial Park on Gratiot in
Clinton Township.

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