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Synagogues Set Bnai Mitzva Education Standard
Sixteen Detroit congrega-
tions have joined in an effort
to raise Jewish educational
standards for Bar Mitzva
and Bat Mitzva ceremonies.
The congregations will
require their Bnai Mitzva
candidates to be enrolled at
the time of the Bar or Bat
Mitzva in some Jewish
school, such enrollment re-
presenting whatever
minimum number of years
the various synagogue
ideological groups require
for Bnai Mitzva ceremonies.
HEAR
ELIE WI ESE!.
Dr. Julius Harwood,
chairman of the Bar
Mitzvah Standards Corn-
mittee, announced that the
assenting congregations
would make exceptions in
the cases of children in poor
health or where other such
circumstances exist. Con-
gregations also may elect to
permit the ceremony to take
place in other than the
usual Sabbath morning or
Friday night fashion, where
standards were lacking.
Dr. Harwood is tem-
porary chairman of a
committee which will
oversee observance of
these standards. The sig-
natory congregations
will meet shortly to elect
committee members.
Dr. Harwood announced
that the purpose of these
reinforced standards, many
of which have long been in
practice in some of the
ideological groups, was to
help congregations increase
the Jewish educational
levels of their young people.
Unfortunately, he said,
the Bar Mitzva dropout is a
widespread phenomenon in
American Jewish life.
Synagogues do not wish to
contribute to this weaken-
ing of Jewish education, at
the very moment when a
child ought to be affirming
his adherence to the reli-
gious standards of his
synagogue.
. .
participating
The
synagogues include: Adat
Shalom, Beth Abraham
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licity to appear in the
issue of Oct. 6; and an
early deadline of 2 p.m.
Oct. 6 for the issue of
Oct. 13. Materials re-
ceived late will be with-
held and published the
following week if still
timely.
Book Review Set
TEMPLE BETH EL
Telegraph Road at 14 Mile
Wednesday Evening
at 8:00
Rabbi Leon Fram will re-
view the biography of Rabbi
Leo Baeck by Leonard
Baker at services 8:30 p.m.
today at Temple Israel.
Abba Eban Here
for UJA Meeting
Hillel Moses, Beth Achim, Emanu-El, Temple Israel,
Beth Shalom, Beth Tefilo Temple Beth Jacob of Pon-
Emanuel Tikvah, Bnai tiac, Temple Kol Ami and
David, Livonia Jewish Con- the Young Israels of Green-
gregation, Shaarey Zedek, field, Oak-Woods and
Temple Beth El, Temple Southfield.
Synagogue
Services
ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Brad Sandler, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BAIS CHABAD OF FARMINGTON HILLS:
Services 9:15 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Bergstein will
speak on "Timelessness and the Jewish People."
CONG. BETH ABRMIAM HILLEL MOSES: Services
6:15 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Robert Magid,
Bar Mitzva. Minha services 8 p.m. _David Gealer, Bar
Mitzva.
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:45
a:rti. Saturday. Paul Frankel, Bar Mitzva/
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 11 a:m.
Saturday. Rabbi Schwartz will speak on "Those Four
Letter Words." Michael Sternfeld, Bar Mitzva.
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today.
Rabbi Wine will speak on "Families — The Experience
of Jane Howard." Ellen Rose, confirmation.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday: David Margolis, Bar Mitzva.
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Saturday.
Edward Miller and Irving Palman will conduct the
services.
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today. Michael
Horwitz, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Fram
will review "The Biography of Rabbi Leo Baeck," by
Leonard Baker. William Handler, Bar Mitzva. Serv-
ices 11 a.m. Saturday. Ronald Rechter, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Con-
rad will speak on "Minimal Observances of the High
Holy Days." Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Julie Pevos,
Bat Mitzva.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 6 p.m. today and-9
a.m. Saturday. Michael Sternfield, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. T'CHIYAH: Services 7:45-p.m. today, conducted
by Milton Glick and Barry and Susan Stein.
Regular services will be held at Cong. Bais Chabad of
West Bloomfield, Cong. Beth Isaac of Trenton, Cong. Beth
Jacob, Cong. Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham, Cong. Beth
Shalom, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel - Tikvah, Cong. Beth
Tephilath Moses of Mt. Clemens, Cong. Bnai David, Cong.
Bnai Israel of Pontiac, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah,
Cong. Bnai Jacob, Cong. Bnai Zion, Cong. Dovid Ben
Nuchim, Livonia Jewish Congregation, Cong. Mishkan Is-
rael Nusach H'Ari, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim (10 Mile
Jewish Center), Cong. Shomer Israel (13440 W. Seven
Mile), Cong. Shomrey Emunah, YOung Israel of Greenfield,
Young Israel of Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield.
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