THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ID Ann Arbor's Beth Israel Congregation to Move Into New Quarters on Rosh Hashana Beth Israel Congregation of Ann Arbor will consec- rate its new synagogue building Sunday, beginning with a Torah procession from its current site, the Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion, 1429 Hill St. The new building is located at 2000 Washtenaw. The new synagogue con- tains a sanctuary with a permanent seating capacity of 250, an expansion seating area, a social hall with ad- joining kitchen, offices, li- brary, 13 classrooms, school offices, a children's library, -youth lounge and small Jewish community statistics .. . chapel. The Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor also will be based in the new building. DIVORCE 45% INTERMARRIAGE 40% DRUGS 55% CULTS 15% ILLEGITIMACY 25% Following the Torah procession, a consecra- tion service will be held, immediately followed by Erev Rosh Hashana serv- ices. The school wing will not be completed until October at which time there will be a ptiblic dedication and open house. Rabbinic College Dean Due Here for Vaad Assembly Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, dean of the Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College and In- stitute of Jewish Studies, will be the guest speaker for the annual Teshuva As- sembly sponsored by the Council of Orthodox Rabbis Vaad Harabonim, held between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The assembly will take AL KLINE • DALGLEISH CADILLAC 6160 CASS AVE. TR 5-0300 WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? THE YOUTH REPLY 1 The DOWNTOWN \ SYNAGOGUE, RABBI FREIFELD 1457 Griswold Will hold High Holiday services at the Veterans . Memorial Building, 151 W. Jefferson. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES: ROSH HASHANAH . Sunday evening, Oct. 1 Monday, Oct. 2 - Tuesday, Oct. 3 6 .30 P.M. 8 .30 A.M. 6:10 P.M... 8:30 A.M. YOM KIPPUR - Tuesday evening, Oct. 10 6:30 P.M. Wednesday, Oct. 11 9 .30 A.M. Wednesday, Oct. 11 (YIZKOR) ...12:30 P.M. We wish . everyone a _Happy, Healthy and Joyous New Year. Noah M. Gamze, Rabbi, THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (Chesed Shel Emes) 26640 Greenfield Road Oak Park, Michigan_ Extend their best wishes fora Happy and Prosper- ous New Year to all Their Members, Synagogues, Organizations and Greater Detroit Jewry. Meyer I. Cooper Edward Miller President Cemetery Chairman Leo B. Furst & Paul Jacobs Harry E. Citrin Vice-Presidents Honorary President Morris Dorn Rabbi Israel I. Rockove Norman Blake Rabbi Henry L. Goldschlag Treasurer Secretary Louis P. Topor Jerome G. Friedman Sanford L. Wolok (Trustees) Executive Director Cemetery Administrator Nathan Wolok Assistant Director Friday, September 29, 1918 43 place 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at Cong. Devid Ben Nuchim. Ordained at the Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, Rabbi Freifeld held pulpits in Chicago, New York and To- ronto. He founded the Sh'or Yoshuv Institute in 1970. Heads Deny Charges of Anti-Semitism Mr. and Mrs. 011ie Head of the Oak Park 'Gardens Apts. on James, near Green- field, issued a statement last week denying charges of -anti-Semitism that were published following a sum- mer incident in which Mr. - Head was accused of beat- ing a resident of the apart-- ments: Mrs. Head is resident manager of the apartinents and her husband was placed on six months' probation _.and fined $100 following the incident. The Heads stated that the owners of Oak Park Gar- dens are Jewish (Hartman & Tyner), Head's attorney is Jewish, and most of the ten= nants in the apartments are Jewish. Mrs. Head said, "We've been here six years and we would not be here if we were anti-Semitic." Reznik to Officiate S. A. Reznik will conduct Shahrit services at the Jewish Home for the Aged, Borman Hall, on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Reznik has acted as hazan at the Home for the Aged and in several Michigan communities in recent years, as a lay cantor. Better a chicken in the hand than an eagle in the sky. Note: We received many replies from young people to last week's ad ( in which some 'com- munity leaders and parentS tried to show how they had done their best in providing a Jewish education and background for their children). Some of them were couched in language too vehement to print. The following are a selection of the more controlled remarks: .. You say you built a Jewish Community Center for youth. Indeed, you did. But in which way was it different than the Southfield Com- munity Center? My friends and I would play squash and racquetball, hang around with the girls a little — but what was Jewish about it? . . ". . . I used to like Afternoon School. We had a pretty interesting Israeli teacher. He taught me to speak a good Hebrew. But afterwards I ma- tured intellectually and _ looked for a deeper meaning in life. "Abbe" and "Emma" and all the cute Hebrew phrases just didn't match up to the kind of sincerity, devotion and profound mystic world-outlook I found with the Guru on campus. In Hebrew School we hardly ever heard about spiritual values, the soul, a Messiah, life after death, reincarnation or similar topics. If they were ever mentioned as "Jewish beliefs" it was always obvious that the teacher did not believe in them. Now they tell me that these ideas are found in intensity and depth within Judaism. Too bad, perhaps if I would have met up with them the first time . . ." . .. As soon as I told my mother I was going with a gentile girl she went absolutely haywire. I'd never seen her quite so upset. I told her I never knew she was so religious, I never saw any religion in our home, like Kosher diet or going to Shul or stuff like that. She was stymied and at a loss to answer. She said that indeed she wasn't religious, and she didn't mind most of the things I did or the friends I had, but the one thing she could not take was that I should marry "out." Maybe she understood it, I never did. She and dad had always said that being a Jew meant to be a good person, to be kind and honest and compassionate, and that's exactly the kind of person my girlfriend is! So how on earth am I to understand the difference? . . ." ". .. My answer to my parents and to the com- munity leaders is this: Yes, you sent me to Sunday School. But what did that have to do with religion? I used to see our teacher go into McDonalds on the way home from the School. What kind of impression do you think that made on me about the sincerity of it all? . . ." ". . . My question was not 'Who is a Jew?' but 'What is a Jew?' I went to a fairly religious synagogue school. They kept on emphasizing the values of Shabbos, Tefillin and other rituals. But my folks just didn't - keep all that at home so I dropped out of it too. I thought that I would , pick it up again in later years when I would marry. But you knoW how it is; I got involved in the business world, I have had no spare time and . . that's the way it remained . . ." ". . One of the parents wrote in your ad last week that they mode a grand Bar Mitzva for their son. That sounds just like my parents. My Bar Mitzva was fantastic. The party was in Raleigh House and I remember the shrimp cocktail was delicious. Did I enjoy the Bar Mitzva? Sure! For a thirteen-year-old it was a great bash. But I was no fool. I knew it had nothing to do with Jewishness, and when the Rabbi was telling me in her sermon some pious nonsense about being a "full-fledged Jew" etc. I knew it was a farce. (I'm surprised that I still feel so bitter about it today.) But what really "gets my goat" is this: Later on in the 60's I dropped out of school for a while and joined the Hippies. I 'was struggling with many internal conflicts about my identity, purpose in life, etc. It was then that my parents started laying on me the old "Honor-your-father-and-mother" rap. How come they conveniently picked on just that one commandment? If they were so hot about the Ten CommandmenTS why didn't they keep all of them -- including the Sabbath, honesty in business, not coveting. another's belongings and all the rest?! . . ." Phone: 546-7031 . 23011 Church, Oak Park PARENTS UNITED FOR A JEWISH RENAISSANCE "Accept The Truth From Who Ever Tells It"