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ong. B'nai Moshe
opened its 75th an-
niversary year last
weekend, with 250
members and guests
participating in a parade of To-.
rahs outside the building at Ten
Mile and Church streets in Oak
Park.
Congregational leaders and
past presidents carried a dozen
Torah scrolls during the proces-
sion and nearly 50 children pur-
chased small Torahs for the occa-
sion.
The 6:30 p.m. procession pre-
ceded Shabbat services and a gala
dinner in the synagogue social
hall. Rabbi Yaacov Rosenberg,
vice chancellor of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America, was guest speaker for
the Friday dinner and at Satur-
day services. Robert Naftaly, di-
rector of the State of Michigan's
Office of Management and
Budget, spoke at a Sunday morn-
ing brunch on the topic of The
Place of the Synagogue in the
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its 75th anniversary year
with a Torah procession
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The weekend activities
marked the opening of a year-
long series of events being
planned by B'nai Moshe, cul-
minating next spring with a syn-
agogue banquet. Many of the
synagogue's cultural and social
functions this year are being tied
to the anniversary. Planned are
an auction in January, the Inter-
congregational Men's Club
dinner in February, the annual
cantorial concert next spring, a
June 7 re-dedication ceremony
and the culminating dinner-
dance June 14.
B'nai Moshe was founded in
1918, with the Gunsberg family
serving as the catalyst. The con-
gregation was named after their
father, Moshe (Morris) Gunsberg,
and several third, fourth and
fifth-generation Gunsbergs re-
main active in the synagogue.
Known as the Hungarian shul"
for many years, the congregation
moved several times in Detroit,
and left its Dexter address in 1960
when the Oak Park sanctuary
was opened. ❑