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Friday, October 1, 1976

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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CALENDAR •

Tuesday — Temple Sis-
terhood board meeting,
noon, temple; Community
Board of Education meet-
ing, 8 p.m., Temple Beth
El; and Bnai Brith com-
bined meeting, 8 p.m.,
River Valley club house.
Thursday — ORT mem-
bership luncheon, 11 a.m.,
home of Shirley
Schwartz, 5407 Sutton
Pl., Grand Blanc; JWVA
board meeting, 8 p.m.,
home of • Carman
Rachwel, 3412 Mackin
Rd.; and Cong. Beth Is-
rael board meeting, 8
p.m synagogue.

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SAKS APPEAL

In response to numerous requ,ests, I hereby pub-
lish the address I delivered upon being installed
as president of Congregation B'nai David,
Southfield, Mich. for the year 1976 77

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
GUSTAV BERENHOLZ

On this occasion I would like to share with you some of my thoughts as to the role of a
congregation in our time. We live in a rapidly changing society. In a period of about forty
years we witnessed the development of the atomic age, the T.V. age and the space age.
Communications developed to an almost unprecedented degree. In addition, the
technological know-how developed in the last forty years made everything discovered
before look pale in comparison. In the world of values, too, continuously changing sets of
values dotted our society. One only needs to look at the various youth cults that emerged in
the last twenty years to realize the constantly changing value system of our society.

Based on what the classic civilized world taught us, we had a right to expect that such
progress in science and communications would make the individual a better person and the
world a better place to live in. Knowing each other better would make us understand and
tolerate each other better, we were told. This, unfortunately, did not come about. Quite
the contrary, never in the history of mankind did we have so much internal and external
violence in so many places, in all forms. All at the same time. Internal crimes of
unprecedented proportions. Hijackings; murders, and assassinations are common, every-
day occurrences. The end result would appear to be that, as men progressed more,
scientifically, and got closer to one another, they became more uncontrollable and
ferocious.

Ladies and gentlemen, I propose that mankind was not yet ready for the rapid
succession of the atomic, T.V., and space ages. We were not ready because our spiritual
baggage was not sufficient. The real gap that exists in our society today is the gap between
the great leap forward of science and technology and the stagnation, if not the regression,
of spiritual development. We simply have not developed our compassion for one another ;
we have not yet learned that material well-being is not all that there is to life ; we have not
yet learned that our existence in this world must be judged, not only by what we have done
materially for ourselves, but, far more importantly, by what we have done for our fellow
men, for our society, and last, but not least, by what we have done to perpetuate and
strengthen Judaism.

The role of the synagogue is to strengthen the spiritual fiber of men. The synagogue
and the values it represents are the vehicles through which life becomes livable and
meaningful. The synagogue is the instrument — the only instrument — that can make
science and technology constructive, progressive servants of mankind, instead of the
means to human destruction. The synagogue inspires us to understand that we should
examine ourselves and our value in terms of what we contributed to society, not in terms of
what we took from society.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is no gap between young and old, between past and
present. The gap that does exist is between a senseless, self-destructive, so-called
"realistic" self-interest and a more enlightened, meaningful, passionate, idealistic self-
interest. In the short-and long-run, it is in society's best interest to fortify our idealism and
human compassion. This is the role of the synagogue in our time.

I wish to take this opportunity to wish all My
Friends, Jews Everywhere, the State of Israel and
all of Mankind a year of happiness, peace and
Prosperity.

Flint Jewish Community Council
Cites Members at Annual Event

Flint Lodge to Hear
House Candidates

Flint Lodge of Bnai
Brith will hear candi-
dates vying for the 7th
Congressional District
House race 8 p.m. Tues-
day in the River Valley
club house. Refresh-
ments will be served, and
the public is invited:

Marsha Shur
Is Married

Marsha Paula Shur and
Michael Isard were mar-
ried recently in Syracuse,
N.Y. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Saul E. Shur of Miller
Road, Flint. Parents of
the bridegroom are Dr.
and Mrs. Walter Isard of
Philadelphia. The couple
is living,in Syracuse.

USY Plans Dance

The Flint United
Synagogue Youth Group
will start the new- year
with a "Dance and Deli" 8
p.m. Saturday at Cong.
Beth Israel. Music will be
provided by Marty
Natchez, WWCK disc joc-
key. There will be an ad-
mission charge.

Women to Gather

Beth Israel Sisterhood
will hold its next meeting
12:30 p.m. Wednesday in
the synagogue. The guest
speaker will be Arnold S.
Feder, executive director
of the Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council.

Bat Mitzva

Ilene Reiter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. SanfRei-
ter, will become Bat
Mitzva 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at
Temple Beth El.

Pioneer Women
Raise Record Sum

NEW YORK — Mrs.
Charlotte Stein, national
president of Pioneer Wo-
men, reported that a re
cord sum of $4,885,000
had been raised ih the
year ending June 30,
- compared with $4,710,000
the preVious year.
Funds raised by
Pioneer Women are used
to support a wide range of
social, educational, voca-
tional, and youth and
child care programs in-
volving tens of thousands
of Israeli women, teenage
girls, and young children.
Arab as well as Jewish
young people and women
are aided through' the
Pioneer Women pro-
grams.

At the end of its three-
day meeting, the Pioneer
Women board approved
the establishment of an
affiliated "Friends of
Pioneer Women" group in
which men would be eli-
gible, the first time that
an affiliate for men has
been set up in the 51-year
history of the organiza-
tion •

Members of the Flint Jewish Community Council
honored at the council's annual dinner were: Michael
Pelavin, top photo, left, receives the president's award
from Murray Moss, incoming president; Ira Marder,
second photo center, and Leo Seide, right, United
Jewish Appeal men's division chairmen; Florence Eps-
tein, third photo, center, and Blanche Gordon, UJA wo-
men's division chairmen; fourth photo, from left, Mr.
and Mrs. Burton Bloom receive the Community Service
Award "for their efforts for Jewish singles"; and Judy
Basle, bottom photo, the Betty Pelavin Memorial Young
Leadership Award.

Beth Israel Slates Annual Installation

Cong. Beth Israel will
hold its Harvest Ball In-
stallation and Dinner-
Dance 6 p.m. Oct. 10 at
Beth Israel, announced
Gladys Shaprow, dinner
chairman.

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Brahm Ward's Or-
Chestra will provide
music for dancing. For re-
servations, call the
synagogue office, 732-
6310.

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