THE DETROIT JEWISH. NEWS Friday, March 14, 1980 15 EXODUS. HOMECOMING. Throughout Jewish history, our People has known the pain of departure, of wandering homeless, of being strangers in lands we wanted desperately to be our own. Pesach and the hagadic retelling of the Exodus from Egypt remind us of that special sadness that has been part of our national psyche. But Passover also reminds us that after every Exodus we have experienced a rebirth. So it is with the Jews who have recently come to us from the Soviet Union — a contemporary exodus which touches our communal life in Detroit. In search of freedom, they risk all to leave. Whether they choose Israel or America, their exodus becomes our own. It is as though, so the Hagada tells us, we took the journey our- selves. Many have found haven in our community, where we are blessed with a long memory andwhere the assistance given to our parents' generation is repeated in our own time. While continuing their support of our aged, our youth, our troubled and our handicapped at home and overseas — meet- ing needs intensified by inflation — the JeWish Welfare Feder- ation and its local agencies are working valiantly to care for our newcomers. But our institutions cannot do it alone. They need, first, the money to continue vital programs of resettlement here and in Israel. They need, second, the commitment of time and dedication that each of us is duty-bound to make toward the cultural and spiritual absorption of these Russian Jews. Therefore, we, the Rabbis of Metropolitan Detroit, call upon the members of our congregations, upon every Jew, to make his or her best contribution to the 1980 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund. And, further, we urge every Jewish household to reach out and answer the longings of our newcomers to become one with ,us. By opening our homes to them on Passover, by opening our hearts in a gesture of community spirit, we will show that we remember our past. And we will let no Jew remain a stranger among us. 7 RABBI MILTON ARM Congregation Beth Achim RABBI E ST J. CONRAD Temple Kol Ami RABBI BETZALEL GOTTLIEB Congregation Mishkan Israel RABBI IRWIN GRONER Congregation Shaarey Zedek RABBI DAVID A. NELSON fSngregation Beth Shalom RABBI CHASKEL GRUBNER Congregation Dovid Ben Nuchim RABBI LEON FRAM Temple Israel RABBI NOAH M. GAMZE Downtown Synagog e RABBI ALAN LUCAS Congregation'Shaarey Zedek RABBI SAMUEL PRERO Young Israel of Greenfield R RABBI JOSEPH GUTMANN Congregation Solel (Brighton) RABBI MILTON ROSENBAUM OSENBAUM Temple Emanu-El RABBI JOSHISPERKA Young Israel of Greenfield RABBI LANE STEING Temple Emanu-El RABBI M. ROBERT SY Temple Israel RABBI FEIVEL WAGNER Young Israel of Greenfield J 71,L, RAB Congre LDMAN arey Shomayim RABBI ISRAEL I. HALPERN Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses 7?fi c'• ihz.e_ It- RABBI RICHARD A. WEISS Temple Beth Jacob RABBI TANLEY M. ROSENBAUM Congregation B'nai Moshe AK4 RABBI JAMES I. GORDON Young Israel of Oak Woods . RABBI MARTIN D. GORDON Livonia Jewish Congregation RABBI RICHARD C. HERTZ Temple Beth El RABBI A. IRV NG SCHNIP Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses RABBI LEIZER LEVIN Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah RABBI DANNEL I. SCHWARTZ Temple Beth El RABBI SHERWIN T. WINE The Birmingham Temple 11 11, (2k, RABBI MORTON F. YOLKUT Congregation B'nai David 4. A RABBI BENJAMIN GORRELICK Congregation Beth Achim RABBI EFRY G. SPECTRE Adat Shalom Synagogue RABBI HAROLD LOSS Temple Israel • RABBI SHi- Congregatio LL ZACHARIASH Shomrey Emunah 1980 ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN-ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND 163 Madison Avenue • Detroit, Michigan 48226 • 965-3939 I I tiiV" J.); 1::31 . 11 J . , v 411 a a Ili kit ka Ilk igiii Et 4 it