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Hostage Greeting
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Beth Israel Synagogue of
Derby, Conn., has sent a
Jewish New Year's card to
each of the 52 American
hostages held in Iran.
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lithe tradition of including the Jewish
National Fund in the Will of every Jew were
in
followed, sufficient resources would
be accumulated to ensure the future of the
young Jewish State on a sound basis of land
development, soCial welfare, and justice.•
A bequest to the Jewish National Fund
should be as traditional as haring a Blue Box
in one's home.
You may want your bequest to be
dedicated to afforestation, to a village, a
Nachlah, to a children's . play area, to perpetual
yahrzeit or kaddish, or to some fomn of
permanent tribute in the names of persons
dear to you.
Consult the Foundation for Jewish
National Fund, 27308 Southfield Rd.,
- 557-6644
They will gladly co-operate with you in
working out plans to meet your special
requirements, in strict privacy.
Acclaim From National, State and Local
Leaders Marks Temple Israel Dedication
With national leaders re-
presenting its parent body,
the Union of American He-
brew Congregations, state
and local representatives
and the two U.S. Senators
as participants, Temple Is-
rael has inaugurated a
four-day series-of events to
mark the dedication of its
new sanctuary located at
5725 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield.
A series of events ar-
ranged for the dedication
includes special children's
as well as adult events,
musical functions and roles
for community representa-
tives.
A sukka as symbol of the
holiday season greets the
members and visitors to the
temple and in the sanctuary
there is the Jonathan Miller
Organ installed as a gift
from Mr. and Mrs. Milton J.
Miller in memory of their
son Jonathan.
A special musical pro-
gram is planned for Nov. 2
as a dedication of the or-
gan's installation.
The first dedication
event will coincide with
Simhat Torah, when
1,000 children are ex,
pected to join in a chil-
dren's dedication serv-
ice, Thursday evening.
A traditional aspect of the
service will be the partici-
pation of the Leslie R.
Schmier family in the pass-
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ing of the Torahs from one
generation to the next.
Schmier, immediate
past president and now
honorary president of Tem-
ple Israel, will share the
honors with Mrs. Schmier,
her mother, Mrs. Dorothy
Schefman, their children
and grandchildren.
Rabbi Harold S. Loss will
deliver a story sermon, and
reading from the Torah will
be high school students Ste-
ven Grekin and Sandford
Kopnick, president and
religious vice president of
the Temple Youth Group.
Officers of the congre-
gation, presidents of the
Temple's auxiliary
societies and /*embers of
the religious school
board will then lead the
Hakafot (processional)
around the sanctuary
with the Torahs.
The formal service of
dedication is planned for
8:30 p.m. Oct. 3, when Al-
bert Vorspan, vice president
of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, will
be the principal speaker.
Vorspan will speak on "A
Commitment to the Fu=
ture." The Bar Mitzva of
Daniel Scott Lambert, son
of Harold and Ann Lambert,
will be observed.
The rabbis of the congre-
gation, M. Robert Syme,
Harold S. Loss and Leon
Fram, together with Cantor
Harold Orbach, will conduct
the service.
A dedication dinner-
dance will be held 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, in the temple's
Herman Hall. The facility
is being used for the first
time for a congregational
event, and it will be dedi-
cated by Rose Herman
and her family.
It was Mrs. Herman's gift,
in memory of her late hus-
band, John R. Herman, than
sparked the beginning of
the building project. The
$250,000 gift was the
largest single contribution
to the building campaign.
Rabbi Daniel B.. Syme,
son of Rabbi and Mrs. Syme
and presently director of
education for the UAHC,
will offer reminiscences
based on his growing up in
Temple Israel, and Cantor
Orbach will offer a musical
program.
The final dedication
event will be a public recep-
tion 2-5 p.m. Oct. 5. Speak-
ers will be Michigan's two
Senators, Carl Levin and
Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
Representing the
community of West
Bloomfield will be John
N. Doherty, supervisor of
West Bloomfield Town-
ship; Rev. Leonard
Chrobot, president of St.
Mary's College, Orchard
Lake; and Rev. John
Freed, rector of Holy
Spirit Lutheran Church.
Jack Schon, president of
the Synagogue Council of
Greater Detroit and past
president of Cong. Beth
Abraham Hillel Moses,
will represent the Jewish
community.
Following the program,
Shown in front of the Holy Ark which was moved
from Temple Israel's Manderson Road facility to the
new sanctuary in West Bloomfield are, from left, Can-
tor Harold Orbach, Founding Rabbi Leon Fram,
Rabbis Harold Loss and M. Robert Syme, educational
director Cantor Arthur Asher, and administrator
Frank Simons.
there will be an open house utilized for formal pro-
and tours of the building.
grams, meetings and spe-
A highlight of the after- cial youth events, as well
noon's festivities will be the as a drop-in center, has
turning over of the key to been built with funding
the building from Samuel from the sisterhood,
W. Barr, chairman of the which contributed
Building Committee, to $225,000 toward the
Leslie R. Schmier, chair- project.
man of the Building Fund
The
administrative
Committee; to Stanley M.
Millman, president of Tem- offices house the studies of
the rabbis and the other
ple Israel:-
staff
and secretarial per-
Julian S. Tobias, a past
president of Temple Is- sonnel. A combination
rael, and Mrs. Tobias library-board room will
chair the dedication house the temple's collec-
tion of 10,000 books and also
committee.
serve as the congregation's
The new Temple Israel major meeting room. '
contains 61,000 square feet
The building exterior will
of space. The main
sanctuary has permanent be completely landscaped,
utilizing various areas for a
seating for 1,000, with space
reflecting pond, a sukka,
in the sanctuary for an addi-
tional 200 seats and 600 wedding court and outdoor
more in the adjoining at- gardens.
rium. The Herman Social
Hall will seat 500 for dinner
The
and 800 as an auditorium.
The Schmier Family
Chapel is scheduled for
ORCHESTRA
completion around Oct. 15.
It is the only major part of
the building not yet
finished. The chapel will
seat 204.
Twelve classrooms and
two nursery rooms for pre-
schoolers have been con-
structed for immediate
needs. The rooms are used
for the 1,500 students in the
school. The temple also uses
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