4 I SYNAGOGUE SERVICES DOUBLE YOUR CLOSET SPACE with THE CLOSET SYSTEMS CO. REFORM: BETH EL: Services 8 p.m. Rabbi Julian Cook will speak on "The Night Before Christmas." Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Cook will speak on "Bless the Children." BETH JACOB: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Richard Weiss will speak on "One of Our Boys Made It!" TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Rebbe's tish 9:30 a.m. Saturday. KOL AMI: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Ernst Conrad will speak on "Israel's Survival: Jewish Unity and Reconciliation with Palestinians — Now." SHIR SHALOM: Services 8 p.m. today. Amy Bigman, a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, will lead services. Services 11 a.m. tomorrow. . FAIR PRICES • CUSTOM DESIGN • QUALITY INSTALLATION • 50 FREE HANGERS with each order • 1 set per household 356-2830 WE WILL BE OPEN MON. JAN. 2nd OUR SALE BEGINS Also: Temple Emanu-El and Shir Tikvah. CONSERVATIVE: BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES: Ser- vices 6 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Satur- day. Rachel Tessler will chant the haftarah. BETH ACHIM: Services 4:45 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Bart Levish will chant the haftarah. B'NAI ISRAEL OF WEST BLOOM- FIELD: Services 9 a.m. Saturday. Rab- bi Sherman Kirshner will speak on "Are There Really Two Dimensions of Life?" Rabbi Kirshner will chant the haftarah. B'NAI MOSHE: Services at 4:35 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Joel Ungar will chant the haftarah. DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Noah Gamze will speak on "Can Human Beings Bring About Real Peace?" Also: Adat Shalom, Beth Isaac of Trenton, Beth Shalom, Beth Thphilath Moses of Mount Clemens, Livonia Jewish Congregation,, Shaarey Zedek and 12 Mile and Pierce (Bais Yoseph). TRADITIONAL: B'NAI DAVID: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Stuart Friedman will chant the haftarah. RECONSTRUCTIONIST: T'CHIYAH: Services 10 a.m. Saturday con- ducted by Neil Chapin and Larry Stettner. .0‘ SECULAR-HUMANIST: BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Service 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Sherwin Wine will speak on "Prophecies for 1989." ORTHODOX: Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills, Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Beth Jacob- Mogain Abraham, Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, B'nai Israel-Beth Yehudah, B'nai Jacob, B'nai Zion, Dovid Ben Nuchim, Mishkan Israel-Nusach H'Ari-Lubavitcher Center, Shaarey Shomayim, Shomrey Emunah, Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel of Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield. UNAFFILIATED: Sephardic Community of Greater Detroit. TORAH PORTION 357-1800 APPLEGATE \AALTER FERZ INTERIORS INC Diane Fishman, A.S.I.D. Our Defeatism Brings Disaster More Surely Than Pharaoh RABBI IRWIN GRONER Special to The Jewish News Walter Herz Interiors 350 Pierce Street Birmingham, Michigan 48011 (313) 647-2100 DAVID BIBER CRISSMAN CADILLAC 1350 N. Woodward • Birmingham 6 4 4 - 1 9 3 0 BUYING A NEW CAR, YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF "HOW DO I BENEFIT WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?" (PLEASE CALL FOR THESE ANSWERS) FINEST SERVICE AFTER THE SALE Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354-6060 30 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1988 T he Talmud tells an in- structive story about Amram, the father of Moses. After Pharaoh issued his infamous decree, "Every boy that is born you shall throw into the Nile," Amram fell into deep despair. "All our efforts are for naught," he said. Amram separated himself from his wife and dis- associated himself from his family. He did not wish to add further pain by bringing more children into the world. Since he was among the most pro- minent of the people, others followed his example. . His daughter, Miriam, reproved him and said, "Your act is more difficult and dangerous for the children of Israel than Pharaoh's brutal command. Pharaoh's decree was for boys alone. You doom Irwin Groner is rabbi of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. boys and girls. We may sur- vive his decree. We cannot survive yours. Since Pharaoh is a wicked man, there are _ grave doubts as to whether his decree will be fulfilled. But you are a righteous man, Shabbat Shemot: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 and your decree will be fulfill- ed." Amram repented of his ill- advised policy and joined his wife. Once again, others followed his example and re- joined their wives. Out of that reunion came the child, Moses, who was destined to be the liberator and law-giver of his people. The sages were not mere academicians spinning theories in remote detach- ment. They dwelled in the midst of their brethren and knew the crisis and anguish of the Jewish people. They sought to impart courage and dignity to their people who were engaged in a grim strug- gle for survival. As we think about Israel in 1989, we mark a high level of concern. Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yassir Arafat won an unprecedented propoganda victory. He received the endorsement not only of Third World, which has always supported him, but also of the European democracies that have tended to be less favorable to his leadership and the recogni- tion of the Reagan ad- ministration, recently ex- pressed by Secretary of State George Schultz. Substantive dialogue with PLO representatives and the American envoy in Tunisia have taken place. The PLO has become both more con- ciliatory by renouncing ter- rorism and recognizing Israel and, at the same time, more bold and aggressive by declar- ing a Palestinian state. Israel has formed a new government including both major political •I I