THE 'INTROIT NCH NEWS Friday, March 6, 1981' 15 History of Detroit's Synagogues Is Recalled (Continued from Page 14) Srere, Samuel Frank, William Friedman, A. Louis Gordon, S. Kahn. Judge Harry B. Keidan, Aaron Klein, Robert Marwil, Isaac Saulson, Louis Smilansky, Joseph Wetsman and David S. Zemon. Orthodox Congregations In 1925, there were at least 25 Orthodox congrega- tions in Detroit. Some were "Anshe" (landsmanshaft) congregations; others were neighborhood congrega- tions built and supported by Rabbath observing Jews. Two of Detroit's oldest Orthodox congregations were Bnai Israel, founded in 1871, and Beth Abraham, founded in 1892. In 1925, Bnai Israel was composed of RABBI FISCHER 200 members and Beth Ab- raham of 300 members. Their spiritual leaders, re- spectively, were Rabbis Judah L. Levin and Ezekiel Aisishkin. Bnai Israel's charter members were Isaac Levy, Kalman Freeman, David Rosenthal, Jacob Burnstine, Jacob Brownstine, Mendel Starsky and Isaac Adelson. The congregation was lo- cated at 578 E. Ferry St. Beth Abraham, whose members were Galician Jews, "was active as a spiritual center" and was located at 433 E. Palmer Ave. Its officers were: Pinchas Greenberg, president; J. Adler, vice president; Mendel Sishal, treasurer; and J. Rich, secretary. Cong. El-Moshe located at 29th Street and Michigan Avenue, organized in 1911, and the First Hebrew Con- gregation of Delray, founded in 1916, were built and maintained by local merchants to accommodate their families and the Toffler Volume Concerning Cults in Paperback Egyptian Hailed TIRA (JNI) — Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Saad Mortada was received enthusiastically by Arab village leaders in central Is- rael recently. In Tira, local council heads praised Egypt as "the mother of the Arab nation," for having the courage to sign a peace agreement with Israel. ■•■••■ Iimmor WIDE LAPELS MADE NARROW only '39 . Gift for Israel LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Podolier Society of Los Angeles, a landsmanshaft group from the Ukraine, has contributed $25,000 to Project Renewal, to support the renovation and re- habilitation program in Musrara, a distressed neighborhood in Jerusalem. _ ( SUITS BY: `. LANVIN GROSHIRE I MARCUS-REINTER TIES MADE NARROW $5 SHIRT COLLARS MADE NARROW Cong. Beth Jacob Wide Jewish people residing in Goldman, Morris Steinberg, Pant Legs their business districts. Nathan Nolan, G. Made Their synagogues con- Lazarovitz, H. Lerner and 2O% —1 Narrower sisted of sanctuaries, gal- Dave Golden. OFF only leries for women, The charter members of classrooms for religious and Bnai Moshe were Herman Hebrew instruction and Eichner, Joseph Hartman, We have mastered the art of intrictate fitting & tailoring halls for entertainment. Mort Klein, M. Greenbaum, Both congregations owned Harry Eichner, Sam euit3 eitovia cemeteries. Gunsberg and Peter Vass. The officers of El-Moshe The data for this article I ETTEA CLOTHES & CUSTOM TAILORS were: Rudolph Zuiebeck, was drawn from "The LADIES' & MEN'S ALTERATIONS SPECIALIST president; M. Simons, vice Michigan Jewish Year- TUXEDO RENTALS Lowest Prices president; Morris Cohen, Book of 1925," a veritable Tel-Ex Plaza • Telegraph treasurer; William Bailies, gold mine of information. N. of 10 Mlle • 357-1722 financial and corresponding 111•1111•1111111L secretary. The officers of the De- lray Congregation were: Louis Becsky, president; Morris Weiss, vice NEW COMPUTERIZED president; Isadore Tes- sler, financial secretary; SECURITY EQUIPMENT L. Steinberger, recording secretary; and Morris Katz, treasurer. Their spiritual leaders, respectively, were Rabbis Ezekiel Aisishkin and Joseph Thumin. Cong. Beth Anshe Moses, established in 1904 by Central Station Monitoring Romanian Jews, was lo- cated at 586 Owen Ave. Thousands of satisfied customers Cong. Bnai Moshe, or- CALL THE ganized in 1911 by Hunga- $12 7 til Alvin Toffler's "The Third Wave" (Bantam), now available in paperback, of- fers readers a solid defini- tion of religious cults and details ways to combat the complex, cult phenomenon. In the book, Toffler suggests that the way to fight the influence of cults is through what he calls "life organizers" and "semi- cults." A "life organizer" would be a professional or para-professional trained to help people in such practical matters as budgeting, find- ing a boyfriend or girlfriend, or sticking to a diet. For those people who need the regimentation that cults offer, Toffler suggests that religious organizations, vegeta- rians and other sects might be encouraged to form "semi-cults" -- organizations in which moderate to high structure is imposed on those who wish to live that way. The "semi- cults" would, of course, be licensed and moni- tored. Toffier, a former Fortune magazine editor whose last book "Future Shock" was an international bestseller, be- lieves that the need for cults is being triggered because the world is now in the midst of a "Third wave" of change (the first wave was agricultural, the second industrial). While this third wave is creating an ex- traordinary and potentially rewarding new civilization, the transition has left many people lonely, unsure of how act, and feeling that life ,s no meaning. g. 13 BURGLAR ALARMS Cong. Bnai Israel Jewish Moral Unit in NY NEW YORK — A Jewish Moral Committee has es- tablished itself in Brooklyn, modelled after the Chris- tian group, Moral Majority. The JMC claims it is fighting immorality in our society, and favors capital punishment, a strong U.S. defense, federal aid to parochial schools and "re- leased" religious time for children in public schools. The JMC "opposes abor- tions, ERA, Liberalism, immoral relationships, gun control, intermarriage, Lawyers, Jurists to Meet in Israel NEW YORK — The Fifth International Congress of JeWish Lawyers and Jurists will convene in Israel July 26-Aug. 2. The theme of the congress is the "right of privacy." In- cluded in the meeting pro- gram are four plenary ses- sions and law seminars at Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University. For information, write the Conventions Depart- ment, Israel Government Tourism Administration, 350 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10118. recognition of the interna- tional murder organization, the so-called PLO, and *he heretical reformed Jewish sects (Reconstructionist, Reform and Conservative)." The JMC has asked for supporters to write them at P.O. Box 220, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219. Unit to Publish Book on Lower East Side of NY NEW YORK (JTA) — A book of facts and anecdotes is being compiled about one of America's oldest and most famous sites of early Jewish settlement, Man- hattan's Lower East Side. Under supervision by Douglas Balin, executive director of the United Jewish Council of the East Side, the council has exam- ined original documents and conducted interviews to ensure the accuracy of the book. A council spokesperson said no publication date had yet been set. Balin said the book is not meant to be a detailed his- torical- account, but high- lights about people and events of the area. rian Jews, was located at Garfield and Beaubien. Its spiritual leader was Rabbi Moses Fisher. The charter members- of Anshe Moses were H. ROTT BROS MARTY CY SHEL 255 1540 17534 W. 7 MILE, DETROIT LICENSED BY MICH. DEPT. OF STATE POLICE LAWRENCE M. 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