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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

8 Friday, May 13, 1977

Rabbi Lehrman Eulogized at Bnai Moshe Services

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al services for Rabbi Moses
Lehrman. spiritual leader
of the congregation for
nearly 30 years.
Bnai Moshe's Cantor
Louis Klein chanted the lit-
urgy and Rabbi Lehrman
was Pulogized by Rabbi Ben-
jamin Gorelick. rabbi eme-
ritus of Cong. Beth Achim;
Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum
of Cong. Bnai Moshe;
Rabbi Irwin Groner of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek; Jack
Kutnick, president of Bnai
Moshe; and Rabbi Simon
Greenberg, vice chancellor
of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America and
vice president of its faculty.

RABBI LEHRMAN
Rabbi Lehrman died May
9 in Miami Beach at the
age of 69. He had been on a
six-month sabbatical leave

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the shiva period for
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from the synagogue be-
cause of his health.
Born in Tikocin. Poland.
Dec. 1. 1907. he was the de-
scendant of 10 generations
of rabbis. He came to the
United States in 1920 and
married his wife Rose in
1931.
Rabbi Lehrman was a
graduate of the College of
the City of New York, at-
tended Columbia University
and was ordained by the
Jewish Theological Semi-
nary in 1942.
He had been spiritual
leader of Cong. Bnai Moshe
since 1948, having served
_Temple Beth David in Buf-
falo, N.Y. from 1943-48.
In Buffalo, Rabbi Leh-
rman was a member of the
board of governors of the
federation, chairman of
Jewish National Fund for
four years and of the col-
lege committee of the Col-
lege of Jewish Studies,
which he helped form. He
was also chairman of the in-
terfaith commission, Bnai
Brith; honorary chairman
of the Histadrut Campaign
and was elected president
of the Zionist District of
Buffalo.
In Detroit, Rabbi Leh-
rman was instrumental in
the construction of Bnai
Moshe's Hebrew school
building on Dexter and in
the construction of the pre-
sent synagogue. He in-
itiated a married couples
group, the Junior Congrega-
tion and a college group.
He served three con-
secutive terms as president
of the Zionist Organization
of America - Detroit Dis-
trict and as president of the
Michigan region for four
years. He was a member of
the ZOA national adminis-
trative board.

Rabbi Lehrman served as
a member of the executive
board of the Jewish Commu-
nity Council of Metropolitan
Detroit, held various posi-
tions with the Allied Jewish
Campaign. board of gover-
nors of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, two-year term
on the executive of the Rab-
binical Assembly of Amer-
ica, and was a member of
Bnai Brith and the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress.
He also served as presi-
dent of the Rabbinical Cow
cil of Metropolitan Detro,
was on the administrative
committee of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund, and was a
strong supporter of Israel
Bonds.
The Jewish Theological
Seminary, were Rabbi Leh-
rman was a guest lecturer,
honored him in February in
Miami with its Max Arzt
Distinguished Rabbinic
Service Award. Rabbi Leh-
rman was scheduled to be
the guest of honor Sunday
at a Jewish Theological
Seminary brunch at Bnai
Moshe. A scholarhship fund
in his name was to be estab-
lished. The Seminary recent-
ly awarded Rabbi Lehrman
an honorary Doctor of Divi-
nity degree.
The Seminary brunch and
other events scheduled at
Bnai Moshe have been post-
poned during the shiva peri-
od (see below).
He is survived by his
wife, Rose; two daughters,
Mrs. Miriam Esther Lip-
schitz of N. Miami Beach
and Mrs. Norman (Blos-
som) Heiman of Los Angel-
es; his brother, Rabbi Ir-
ving of Miami Beach; two
sisters, Mrs. Harry (Rose)
Rott, and Mrs. Herbert
(Claire) Pearl of Great
Neck, New York; and five
grandchildren.

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In the death of Rabbi Moses Lehrman, Ameri-
can Jewry loses a distinguished leader, a dedicated
Zionist, a scholar whose life was devoted to the ad-
vancement of JewiSh education and major cultural
projects.
For Greater Detroit Jewry the loss is especially
great because he had exerted great influence in sup-
port of the most vital causes and given untiring
labor in defense of Jewish rights and the advance-
ment of the highest goals of his people.
He was a Zionist in every sense of the word, and
his humanitarian- principles embraced those of a
faiths. Honored many times as a citizen, his co
freres in the ministry, rabbis and ministers of othe,
denominations, looked to him for guidance and lead-
ership. In defense of civil rights and religious free-
dom he was a courageous advocate of justice.
Many important cultural functions were in-
troduced in his congregation, And Bnai Moshe ben-
efited immensely from the lectures and study groups
he arranged for the benefit of community as well as
congregational members.
He was looked to for many years for leadership in
the United Hebrew Schools. and the teaching staffs
admired his cooperation which elevated the struc-
ture of the community school system.
An orator, a participant in the ranks of the move-
ments to which he dedicated himself as a volunteer
as well as a leader, he had the admiration of all who
had the privilege of associating with him in the
tasks of giving strength to Jewish legacies.
Blessed he his memory: