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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1988
354,6070
outhfield's Congrega-
tion B'nai David will
open a combined
kindergarten-first grade Sun-
day school at the Maple
Elementary School in West
Bloomfield in January.
The class, geared for
children age 5 and 6, will in-
clude a basic kindergarten-
first grade curriculum as well
as focus on holidays, Israel
and Jewish practice. Accor-
ding to Rabbi Morton Yolkut,
spiritual leader of the con-
gregation, the school also will
introduce children to the
synagogue so that it will be
less mysterious to them.
"We'd like to keep a connec-
tion to the synagogue," Rab-
bi Yolkut said. "We want to
bring the kids to the
synagogue, to introduce them
to the synagogue, to see the
ritual objects and the Torah."
Rabbi Yolkut said the
school will have a Jewish
traditional flavor. He explain-
ed that B'nai -David's ap-
proach is a combination of Or-
thodox and Conservative
Judaism. "The values and ap-
proach (of the school) will
reflect the ideal of the
synagogue. We will em-
phasize traditional Jewish
living addressed to people liv-
ing in a modern world."
The rabbi will have an ac-
tive role in the Sunday school
— interviewing teachers,
working on curriculum
development, providing sup-
port and guidance and
developing special projects.
He also intends to maintain
a presence within the school,
interacting with the children
so that he will be more
familiar to them.
Cantor Stuart Friedman,
synagogue administrator
Richard Goldman, the in-
structor and the synagogue
board of directors all will be
actively involved in the opera-
tions of the school. Cantor
Friedman said he will assist
with the curriculum and
oversee the music program.
The West Bloomfield site
was chosen, according to
Goldman, so that the con-
gregation could have a
presence in the area. In an-
ticipation of relocating, a
handful of members forming
a limited partnership pur-
chased land on Maple Road
near Halstead to provide a
future site for the synagogue.
The property is adjacent to
Maple Elementary School.
The congregation has of-
ficially voted to buy the land
from the limited partnership;
however, the deal has not yet
been consummated. Accor-
ding to Rabbi Yolkut, the
32-year-old Southfield
synagogue building has not
yet been put up for sale.
B'nai David expects to draw
students from West Bloom-
field and Farmington Hills,
Goldman said. Past President
Jerry Soble said it is impor-
tant that the synagogue draw
from its membership. "I feel
that there has to be represen-
tation in West Bloomfield for
our existing congregants and
their children."
At the outset the school will
only have one classroom, but
it is expected that it will ex-
pand after the second year,
Goldman predicted.
When it opens in January,
the school will be indepen-
dent. However, Goldman said
that down the road there may
be negotiations to affiliate
with the United Hebrew
Schools. B'nai David's
religious school which closed
in 1982 because of dwindling
enrollment, was affiliated
with the UHS.
The synagogue member-
ship has dwindled from 625
member families in 1982 to
about 400 today as more
families are moving to the
northwest suburbs.
An open house will be held
at Maple Elementary School
on Dec. 11 to give parents a
chance to learn about the
Sunday schoold's objectives.
Rabbi Yolkut said he hopes
the school will make learning
about Jewish life a positive
experience for the children. "I
want the instructor to relate
the feeling of the joy of
Judaism," he said. He also
looks at the opening of the
school as a new beginning for
the congregation. "We're
basically starting again."
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