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*To Jewish Home for Aged:
We wish to express our deepest appreciation to the
staff and volunteers at Borman who made our
mother's life there a vital and joyous one. How
often, even in these last difficult months, she
would tell me how someone came to her room and
persuaded her to play the piano.
I shall always be grateful for the Hobby Shop
which added such a nice dimension to her life. And
to all the aides and other staff members who would
stop in her room for a chat, I offer my gratitude.
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Your gift to the
Allied Jewish Campaign made
a difference to someone .. .
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*Taken from an actual letter.
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Happy Passover
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Temple Beth El
Names Senior Rabbi
STAFF REPORT
R
abbi Daniel F. Polish,
senior rabbi at Temple
Israel in Los Angeles,
has been named senior rabbi
of Temple Beth El in
Birmingham.
Rabbi Polish will assume
his duties here on Aug. 1.
Married and the father of
two teen-age sons, the
46-year-old rabbi holds
bachelor's degrees from Nor-
thwestern University and
Hebrew Union College, a
master's and his ordination
from HUC in 1968, and a doc-
torate in religious history
from Harvard in 1973.
Before being named to his
Los Angeles post in 1981, he
taught in an interfaith pro-
gram for clergy and served a
congregation in Potomac,
Maryland.
Rabbi Polish has served on
the executive board of the
Central Conference of
American Rabbis. In Los
Angeles, he was a vice presi-
dent of the Jewish Federation
Council and served on its task
forces on Jewish committ-
ment and leadership develop-
ment. He is a vice president
of the Board of Rabbis of
Southern California, and is a
member of the Priest-Rabbi
Dialogue Group.
Temple Beth El President
Rabbi Daniel Polish
Jerome Ash said in a
prepared statement that Rab-
bi Polish has "outstanding
credentials and experience,"
and the congregation was
drawn to him "because he
projects warmth as a human
being and demonstrates the
strength of his convictions as
a spiritual leader."
Rabbi Polish's father, Rabbi
David Polish of Evanston, Ill.,
was a pioneering figure in
Reform Zionist circles,
organizing a state-wide
Zionist movement in Iowa in
the mid-1930s.
500 Friends Honor
Rabbi Dannel Schwartz
Temple Beth El's former
senior rabbi was honored
Sunday evening at a dinner
organized by friends who
have left the temple. Norman
Lopatin, a member of the
organizing group, said 550
persons purchased tickets for
the Troy Hilton event honor-
ing Rabbi Dannel Schwartz,
and 50 persons were turned
away.
Lopatin said talk of a new
congregation being formed as
a result of the dinner "is
premature. That has nothing
to do with Rabbi Schwartz .. .
We have not approached him,
nor would we at this time."
He said 30 families who left
Beth El have formed a
havurah, which meets mon-
thly for Havdalah services.
Each family invites another
family, and the service in
members' homes has at-
tracted up to 100 persons.
"Whether that interest stays
and maintains itself is a ques-
tion," Lopatin said.
Sunday's tribute to Rabbi
Schwartz was highly charged,
Lopatin said, including an in-
vocation by Rabbi Marc
Blumenthal, several toasts,
audio and audio-visual
presentations, and a response
from Schwartz.
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