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Friday, April 4, 1980

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Memorial, Synagogue Events for Yom Hashoa

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Shaarit Haplaytah —
Survivors of the Holocaust
— and the Jewish Commu-
nity Council and the
Greater Detroit Round
Table of the National Con-
ference of Christians and
Jews (NCCJ) are sponsor-
ing the annual Holocaust
Memorial Academy this
year on April 13.
The 12:30 p.m. event at
Cong. Bnai David is one of a
series of area events spon-
sored by organizations and
synagogues that will corn-

memory of the Six Million.
A memorial concert will
follow featuring the choral
cantata, "Night," composed
by Adat Shalom member
Geraldine Schwartz to texts
written by concentration
camp survivors and others.

memorate the Six Million
Jews and five million gen-
tile victims of the
Holocaust.
The NCCJ is urging area
churches to hold appropri-
ate services on April 13 —
Yom Hashoa (Holocaust
Remembrance Day) — and
to participate in the memo-
rial academy.
Sister Carol Rittner,
who teaches Holocaust
studies at Mercy College,
will be honored at the
academy for her

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"exemplary devotion to
promote Holocaust con-
sciousness in our com-
munity."
Sr. Carol was the first
active Christian participant
on the community commit-
tee for the Holocaust Memo-
rial Center.
According to Charles Be-
nham, executive director of
the Detroit Round Table of
the NCCJ, April 13 will be a
focal point for the increas-
ing numbers of Christians
who are endeavoring to con-
front the Holocaust.
The Round Table and the
Interfaith Coordinating
Committee On The

.CHARLES BENHAM

They have prepared a
model church service
commemorating the
dramatic rescue of the
Jews of Denmark — the
sole example of an entire
national community ris-
ing to protect its Jewish
citizens during the
Holocaust.
A collection of sermons
delivered from Christian
pulpits has also been pub-
lished in a booklet entitled
"Christians Confront The
Holocaust,"
The Coordinating Coun-
cil -is offering to arrange
programs of Christiar,
Jewish solidarity, including
exchange of pulpits, and ar-
range for representatives of
Shaarit Haplaytah to visit
Christian congregations.
Additional audio-visual
materials, speakers and
pamphlets on the Holocaust
are available from the
Council.

GERALDINE SCHWARTZ

The Detroit Woodwind
Quartet will perform.
Sr. Carol Rittner of Mercy
College will speak on "One
Christian's Response to the
Holocaust."
Adat Shalom will also
display in its lobby a series
of watercolors by Sheryl
Rogers entitled, "I Can't
Forget."

Bergman to Speak
at Cong. Bnai Moshe

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DAVID BERGMAN

The Sisterhood and Men's
Club of Cong. Bnai Moshe is
sponsoring its annual Yom
Hashoa commemoration at
8 p.m. April 13 at the
synagogue.
Holocaust survivor David
Bergman will speak.
Bergman has frequently
lectured in area schools
JOSEPH TEKULSKY
about the Holocaust and re-
A Yom Hashoa obser- cently completed a book-
vance at 11 a.m; April 13 at and-cassette on his experi-
Cong. Beth Achim will fea- ences in the Holocaust,
ture guest speaker Joseph "Never Forget and Never
Tekulsky, a leader of a New Forgive: To Hell and Free-
York-based organization of dom."
Cantor Louis Klein will
former freedom fighters and
sing approrpiate selection"
camp inmates.
Tekulsky was involved in and a memorial service w
the Warsaw Ghetto Upris- be led by Rabbi Stanley
ing and was an inmate at Rosenbaum.
The program is chaired by
Treblinka.
The Beth Achim program Ronna Rosenbaum ar
will also feature the stu- Louis Redmond.
dents of the Beth Achim
Statue Unveiled
branch of United Hebrew
in Toledo April 13
Schools singing "Ani
A memorial bronze
Ma'amin." Poetry and
prayers will also be utilized, sculpture by former De-
according to program troiter Lois (Fineman)
chairman George Rossman. Dorfman will be unveiled at
3 p.m. April 13 at the Toledo
Cantata at
Jewish Community Center.
Adat Shalom
Mrs. Dorfman is the
Cantor Larry Vieder will daughter of Detroiters
open Adat Shalom Nathan and Rose Milstein.
Synagogue's Yom Hashoa
The dedication will in-
observance 8 p.m. April 13 clude a service at the adjoin-
with Maariv services and ing Temple Shomer
the kindling of a menora in Emunim.