6 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 2, 1981 BURGLAR ALARMS ALLSTATE ALARM SYSTEMS NEW COMPUTERIZED SECURITY EQUIPMENT • II • - INC "•"4 Thri....---- b. y4-7 . A.44 eVak Central Station Monitoring • Thousands of satisfied customers ROTT BROS 2 55- 1 54 0 MARTY CY SHEL 17534 W. 7 MILE, DETROIT LICENSED BY MICH. DEPT. OF STATE POLICE CALL THE Three Synagogues Get Special Mention in Classic Volume: 'Buildings of Detroit' From the period of the log cabin to the industrial age of the 20th Century, lead- ing up to the 1980s and the vastness of the malls, the rise of Detroit and its adja- cent communities architec- turally is described in a most definitive work that should be classed as a major epic in the city's history. The voluminous story is incorporated in "The Build- ings of Detroit," just issued in a newly revised edition by Wayne State University Press. The author is the famed architectural historian, W. Hawkins Ferry. He carries on a family tradition of three generations of art patrons and collectors. This immense volume of 500 pages, with hun- dreds of photos of the buildings described in this encyclopedic work, contains the record of achievements by noted architects, and the structures they designed. Notable among the firms and their works listed are the Albert Kahn Associates. There is reference to works by King and Lewis. Two notations, with photographs of their crea- tions are by Louis G. Red- stone Associates. There is unusual inter- est in the section on reli- gious buildings. Intro- 216 gas -so No Insulin Sh It Really Works! My doctor was go- ing to put me on 1" insulin shots if I didn't lose 50 lbs. After trying for 3 years on my own, I finally went to the Quick Weight Loss -Clinics. Now at 166 lbs., I have my diabetes under control without the use of insulin. Robert Carney Lose 3 to 7 Lbs. a Week- Every Week! Before: 216 lbs. 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As the industrial revolution superseded the handicraft era, the traditional styles were no longer eco- nomically viable. "It was necessary to create new religious am- biance by restudying the possibilities of form, tex- ture, and light source in re- lation to new materials and structural techniques. Pioneer architects led the way by producing pro- totypes that served as the basis for a new religious architecture in keeping with 20th Century aesthetic precepts." Temple Beth El, Shaarey Zedek and Bnai David are delineated in this portion of the Ferry book. They are de- scribed as follows: Lloyd) "(Frank Wright's influence is dis- cernible in the design of the Cong. Shaarey Zedek synagogue in Southfield (1962) by Albert Kahn Associated Architects and Engineers, and Per- cival Goodman, associate architect. The ridge of the gabled roof tilts upward toward a projecting con- crete wall. "Dramatically poised on a bluff above Northwestern Highway, the building re- calls a Hebrew tabernacle or tent of biblical times. On the interior a stained glass window, symbolizing the burning bush, follows the angle of the gable and sur- rounds a 40-foot high Torah Ark in Israel marble. The corridor around the sanctuary is enclosed with mullioned windows that re- semble sections of the Star of David. "The Temple Beth El on Telegraph Road at 14 Mile Road in Birmingham also suggests a Hebrew taberna- cle or tent. Built by Minoru Yamasaki in 1973, it is a brilliant masterpiece of de- sign and engineering with graceful soaring lines. The structure consists of two pairs of sloped concrete col- umns, at the bima and entrance ends, supporting paired concrete ridge be- ams, which frame a lon- gitudinal skylight. "The end columns are tied together near the ground by elliptical ring beams run- ning the length of the space. Suspended between the ridge beams are steel roof cables, which support the lead-coated copper roofing. Below the ring beams there are continuous windows, which combine with the skylight to provide ample light for the lofty interior. On the bima stands a tall bronze Torah Ark designed by the sculptor Bernard Ro- senthal. "The Cong. Bnai Da- vid Synagogue (1966) on Southfield Road at Nine Mile Road in South- field is more subjective in its architectural sym- bolism than the two synagogues already dis- cussed. Designed by Sid- ney Eisenstat of Bev- erly Hills, Calif., it is a square building with sweeping arches that ap- pear to touch the earth and heaven. Inside the lower arches is a circular sanctuary with stained glass walls of various colors to signify the • grimage from earth heaven. The Torah Ark is recessed in an inner wall." While "The Buildings of Detroit" is devoted to the Metropolitan Detroit Area; the subject matter in this volume, the vastness of the subjects covered, the profes- sional enthusiasm with which the architectural ac- complishments are treated, are certain to give this vol- ume national significance. Educated at the Univer- sity Liggett School, at Cranbrook and at Harvard University (BA degree, 1937), he pursued graduate studies at the Harvard School of Design, worked as an architectural designer, and has served as an instructor in art and ar- chitectural history at Wayne State University. Ferry is the honorary curator of architecture, chairman of the Friends of Modern Art, and a trustee of the. Founders Society De- troit Institute of Arts; he is an honorary member of the Michigan Society of Ar- chitects. Longest War Crimes Trial May Be Ending BONN (JTA) — The longest war crimes trial ever held in West Germany may be nearing its end. The Duelleldorf court where nine former SS offi- cials have been on trial for more than five years on charges of complicity in the murders of 250,000 inmates of the Maidanek death camp, is expected to hear the summations by prosecu- tion and defense some time this month. But first, the judges and attorueys will fly to Warsaw Monday to hear testimony from the final witnesses. Responsibility for pro- longing the trial rests witi, the defense lawyers. though it was to h-av wound up by the end of last month, they submitted a flood of new petitions and invited additional wit- nesses. S. African Jews NEW YORK (ZINS) — There are approximately 115,000 Jews among the 4.5 million whites in South Af- rica. The Jewish population is at the same size that it l,vas at its peak in the 1950s. The white population of the country includes 2.6 million Afrikaners of Dutch des- cent.