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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 30, 1986
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Cantor's Assembly
Proposes Special Fund
Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. (JTA) —
A one million dollar fund to
alleviate the shortage of trained
cantors and to combat Jewish il-
literacy in congregational wor-
ship was proposed as the Can-
tor's Assembly opened its 39th
annual meeting here last week.
Noting the critical shortage of
trained cantors — only on stu-
dent will be graduated this year
from the Cantors Institute Can-
tor Samuel Rosenbaum, execu-
tive vice president of the world's
largest body of cantors, urged
the group to commit funds to
underwrite scholarships that
would help train 150 to 200
qualified centors in the next
decade.
Rosembaum told the 300
delegates that 60 Conservative
synagogues were currently seek-
ing full-time cantors, adding, "If
our generation of chazzanim
(cantors) is to have meaning and
significance beyond the mo-
ment, we must not allow what
we have created and nurtured to
wither." He called on the Can-
tors Assembly to "make a leap
of faith" and provide the fund-
ing that would permit the train-
ing of a new generation of
cantors.
At the same time, the Conser-
vative leader challenged Juda-
ism's other cantorial rabbinical
and congregational bodies to
"unite in a common effort to im-
plement this fund."
A portion of the fund, said
Cantor Saul Hammerman of
Baltimore, president of the Can-
tors Assembly, would be utilized
to combat "Jewish illiteracy" by
producing video tapes of high
holiday services to help syna-
gogue-goers familiarize them-
selves with the Rosh Hashanah
and Yon Kippur liturgy. He sug-
gested that these video casset-
tes be sent on loan to members
of congregations "so that they
may more readily understand
and follow high holiday syna-
gogue ritual."
Decrying the "spiritual corn-
alancency" of contemporary
American life, Hammerman
declared, "We lead prayers for
a generation of illiterate Jews —
not ignorant or stupid, mind
you, but simply untutored in the
glories of our heritage. Thus,
new approaches must be devised
to bring our people to the level
of appreciation that they — and
we — need for a Jewish survival
in the synagogue."
Cantors of the Detroit corn-
munity who participated in the
convention included Israel
Fuchs, Israel Idelsohn, Chaim
Najman, Sidney Rube, Max
Shimansky and Larry Vieder.
Cantor Shabtai Ackerman,
formerly of Cong. Beth Ab-
raham Hillel Moses and pre-
sently of Deerfield Beach, Fl.
was the recipient of the Kavod
Award.
The convention was also
attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Deutch and Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Knopper of Farmington
Hills. The Knoppers established
a scholarship fund in honor of
Cantor Vieder, and the Laker
family established an endow-
ment in memory of Harry Laker
for recruitment and programm-
ing.
Chief of
Problems of Daily Living Clinic
Sinai Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
will speak on
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at the
COMBINED ANNUAL MEETING
of
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
and
RESETTLEMENT SERVICE
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1986
7:45 P.M.
Congrebation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, MI
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
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Rabbi Leon Fram, rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel and past
president of the Metro Detroit District, Zionist Organization of
America, received a special ZOA citation on his 90th birthday from
Mrs. I. Walter Silver, vice president of Detroit ZOA.