THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 30, 1977 19

Women Voted Aliyot at Baltimore
Traditional Conservative Synagogue

One of the oldest tradi-
tional synagogues in the
land, 106-year-old Conserva-
tive Chizuk Amuno Congre-
gation of Baltimore, voted
to assign aliyot to women.
Rabbi Maurice S. Corson
is spiritual leader.
The set of new regulations
inaugurated by Chizuk Am-
uno are:
• Women will be included
as part of our minyan at
any service held in or under
he auspices of the Chizuk
Amuno Congregation.
• Effective immediately,
all Bnot Mitzva will be in-
vited and encouraged to ac-
cept an aliya on the Shabat
morning immediately fol-
lowing their Bat Mitzva,
This honor will be for the
brahot recitation before
and after the reading of the
Torah.
• Women with requisite
background will be included
equally with men during the
ritual of the Shabat morning
services. This will be done
for the first time on Feb. 11,

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on the occasion of Sister-
hood Shabat. Thereafter, on
each Shabat morning, one
reading aliya, calling one to
the Torah for recitation of
the brahot and one non-
reading aliya will be re-
served for qualified women.
Their selection will be de-
termined by the profes-
sional staff.

• All married women ac-
corded the honor of an aliya
will be required to have a
head covering. For this rea-
son, all married women will
be encouraged to have a
head covering any time they
attend services. The congre-
gation will provide chapel
veils for those who do not
have a head covering. It is
not mandatory for unmar-
ried women to have head
coverings. All Bat Mitzva
girls will be encouraged to
have a head covering during
their participation in the
service.
• It is important for
women to know their He-

Services

TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi
Fram will speak on "Looking Back on 1977—The Year We
Witnessed History in the Making." Services 11 a.m.
Saturday.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi
Conrad will speak on "Is Sadat Pharaoh's Successor?"
CONG. MISHKAN ISRAEL NUSACH H'ARI: Services
4:45 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Gottlieb will
speak on "They Did Not Change Their Names.
Regular services will be held at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Cong. Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Cong.
Beth Abraham . Hillel, Moses—Detroit and West
Bloomfield, Cong. Beth Achim, Temple Beth El, Cong.
Beth Isaac of Trenton, Temple Beth Jacob, Cong. Beth
Jacob-Mogain Abraham, Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Cong. Beth Tephilath Moses of
Mt. Clemens, Birmingham Temple, Cong. Bnai David,
Cong. Bnai Israel of Pontiac, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth
Yehudah, Cong. Bnai Jacob, Cong. Bnai Moshe, Cong.
Bnai Zion, Cong Dovid Ben Nuchim, Downtown
Synagogue, Temple Emanu-El, Livonia Jewish
Congregation, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim (10 Mile Jewish
Center), Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Shomer Israel (13440 W.
Seven Mile), Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Cong. T'Chiyah,
Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel of Oak-Woods
and Young Israel of Southfield.

Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham
Elects Rabinowitz President

In recent voting at Cong.
Beth Jacob Mogain Abra-
ham, the following officers

*Laker Scholarship
Applicants Sought

Applications are being
accepted for the second
annual Harry. and Sarah Laker
Israel Study Scholarship
established last year. at Cong.
Beth Achim.
The $1,500 Laker scholarship
provides a college level
student with the opportunity to
study for a year at a
recognized academic
institution in Israel.
Applications must be sent to
the Harry and Sarah Laker
Scholarship Committee, Cong.
Beth Achim, 21100 W. 12 Mile,
Southfield 4807,§. Deadline is
May. 1. •

were elected: Seymour
Rabinowitz, president; Leo
Stein, vice president; Lee.
Applebaum, secretary; Har-
ry Wilson, gabbai. Imtalla-
tion ceremonies for new of-
ficers is being planned.
The congregation has also
engaged Rabbi Gershon
Eisenberger as spiritual
leader.

Education Council
Names Dr. Schiff

NEW YORK—Dr. Alvin I.
Schiff, executive vice presi-
dent of the Board of Jewish
Education of Greater New
York, has been reappointed
to the New York State Advi-
sory Council on Education
for Title IV Funding for a
three-year term.

brew names. When women
are called to the Torah they
will be accorded the honor
under the tribe of their fa-
thers. Therefore, if the fa-
ther of the woman was a
Kohen, the daughter would
be called as Bat Kohen.

• Our young people will
be encouraged to join the
Torah Readers Club. In the
future all qualified mem-
bers of this group will be
encouraged to read portions
from the Torah on an ong-
oing basis both on Shabat
and holidays. Participants
will be selected by the pro-
fessional staff based on the
highest standards and cri-
teria.

Baltimore's Chizuk Am-
uno became nationally
known as "the Frieden-
walds' synagogue," because
of the pioneering leadership
in the congregation of the
world famous Frieden-
walds, the family of noted
ophthalmologists.

There is a charge. For
reservations, call the Rob-
ert Gunsbergs, 398-9298, Or
the Gary Weisses, 968-8135.

The Temple Israel Affil-
iate Council will hold its
annual dinner-dance 8 p.m.
Jan. 14 in the temple.
The evening will feature a
catered dinner, open bar
and music for dancing. by
Shel Rott. The dinner-dance
is sponsored by the broth-
erhood, sisterhood, couples
club, young marrieds and
youth group.
Chairman Fern Kopnick
is assisted by co-chairmen
Gloria Brozgold, Leon Belin
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Weiss,
Mrs. Easton Brodsky, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Trepeck
and Michael Wiatrak in
making the arrangements.

Lawyer Awarded
Reform Prize

NEW YORK—Leo Pfef-
fer, special counsel to the
American Jewish Congress
and an authority on the law
of church-state relations
and religious liberty, has
been presented with the
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisen-
drath Award of the Union of
American Hebrew Congre-
gations.

Correction

Cantor David Gutman,
who will be guest cantor
Jan. 7 at Cong. Beth Abra-
ham Hillel Moses - Detroit,
serves as year-round cantor
at Borman Hall, Jewish
Home for the Aged.

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ing to the local Federation
and Campaign. Central to
the exhibit is a large brass
menora, presented to the
Jewish Welfare Federation
by the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds in 1975 in honor of
Federation's 50th anniver-
sary.
Joel Gershenson, a mem-
ber of the UJA's Young
Leadership Cabinet, will be
guest speaker at Adat Sha-
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Programs on UJA Shabat

Local synagogues will
participate in the second an-
nual UJA Shabat Jan. 6 and
7 "in recognition of the vital
role played by the United
Jewish Appeal," major ben-
eficiary of the Allied Jewish
Campaign-Israel Emergen-
cy Fund.
Many area rabbis, includ-
ing Dannel Schwartz of
Temple Beth El, Stanley
Rosenbaum of Cong. Bnai
Moshe, Milton Rosenbaum
of Temple Emanu-El, Irwin
Groner of Cong. Shaarey Ze-
dek, James Gordon of
Young Israel of Oak-Woods,
David Nelson of Cong. Beth
Shalom, Morton Yolkut of
Cong. Bnai David and Israel
Halpern of Cong. Beth Abra-
ham Hillel Moses, will point
out the work of the UJA and
Campaign in their sermons
or readings.
Rabbi Halpern plans to
have his choir lead the con-
gregation in "Ani Maamin,"
a special dramatic "can-
tata" prepared by the
UJA's Rabbinical Advisory
Council.
Adat Shalom Synagogue
will host an exhibit of post-

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