SYNAGOGUES
THE SEVENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
AND ELECTIONS OF THE
UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS
will take place
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989, 7:30 P.M-.
in the Louis and Esther La Med Auditorium
of the United Hebrew Schools
21550 West Twelve Mile Rood, Southfield
The Nominations Committee
presents the following slate:
President
First Vice-President
Second Vice-President
Third Vice-President
Secretory
Treasurer
Jerry Knoppow
Neal Zalenko
Robert A. Berlow
Alex Ehrmann
Sylvia lwrey
Robert Schwartz
The three members at large for
the Executive Committee are:
Adrienne Milin
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dr. Gerald Stollman
Members nominated to the Advisory Board
Dr. Joseph Epel
br.Barbara Goodman
Michael Maddin
Members nominated for a three-year term
Robert A. Berlow
Alex Ehrmann
James Fuller
Ellen Hechler
Barbara Klarman
Jerry Knoppow
Leonard Lachover
Adrienne Milin
Dr. Irving Panush
Benjamin Rosenthal
Matilda Rubin
Ruthe Stein
Janis Waxenberg
Betty Weiner
Neal Zalenko
Members nominated for a two-year term
Renah Bardenstein
Mona Greenbaum
Ronald Harris
Dr. Alan E. Horowitz
Leila Stollman
Mark Kahn
Amelia Steiger
Member nominated for a one-year term
Howard Sherizen
Co-Chairpersons of the
Nominations Committee are:
Mel Seidman
Dr. Barbara Goodman
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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989
B'nai Moshe To Celebrate
Ralph's 40 Years Of Service
ALAN HITSKY
Associate Editor
B
oard member Dr. Mel
Friedman uses a grad-
ing system for b'nai
mitzvah at Congregation
B'nai Moshe. The youngster
is either fair, good, or he's
been "Ralphed."
The highest grade is reserv-
ed for youngsters who have
been tutored by Shalom
Ralph, B'nai Moshe's sexton.
He will be honored at a
dinner-dance May 21 for 40
years of service to the
congregation.
That service goes far
beyond "teaching already my
kids' kids." It may mean step-
ping in unrehearsed on a
Saturday morning to chant
the haftara in place of an ill
adult congregant. The slow,
melodic, each-syllable-clearly-
heard Ralph style has become
familiar music to the
congregation.
Some members speculate
their sexton developed his
style through supervising
B'nai Moshe's daily minyans,
leading Kaddish in a clear,
friendly way that is inviting
for those unfamiliar with the
prayer service.
Until a few years ago, when
Shalom Ralph:
More than a shammes.
declining membership took
its toll, the congregation had
daily back-to-back morning
minyans under Ralph's super-
vision to accomodate
members' work schedules.
The sexton's role continues to
be overseeing the service and,
just • as important, the
breakfast which follows.
He is also the congrega-
tion's official greeter, usually
one of the first to welcome a
newcomer to services, matter-
of-factly helping a stranger
feel at ease while putting on
tefillin or finding a coat for so-
meone unfamiliar with B'nai
Moshe's etiquette. "Good fit!,"
exclaims Ralph after mat-
ching a green plaid sport coat
- arms three inches short -
to a shirt-sleeved visitor wear-
ing navy blue slacks.
After daily services, he can
be seen in the parking lot
shared by B'nai Moshe and
Emanu-El, giving lef-
tover bread to the sea gulls
who have become as much a
fixture as their benefactor.
On Shabbat, when the
rIbrah is returned to the holy
ark, Ralph trails the proces-
sion around the sanctuary.
Veteran congregants and
children who shake his hand
often are left with a piece of
hard candy.
"Shalom (pronounced
Yiddish-style, Sholem) is
more than just the shammes,"
says congregant Nate Roth,
who has worked with Ralph
as synagogue gabbai and
former chairman of its ritual
committee. "Shalom is
everything the synagogue
and Yiddishkeit are supposed
to be."
Ralph's mother died in his
native Poland when Ralph
was 3. His father, a yeshivah
LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
ORTHODOX:
Bais Chabad of Birm-
ingham/Bloomfield Hills: 211
Lowell Ct., Bloomfield Hills. Moshe
Polter, rabbi. 646-3010.
Bais Chabad of Farmington
Hills: 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farm-
ington Hills. Chaim Bergstein, rab-
bi. 855-2910.
Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield:
5595 W. Maple Rd., West Bloom-
field. Melech Silberberg, rabbi.
855-6170.
Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham:
15751 W. Lincoln Dr., .Southfield.
Dov Loketch, rabbi. 557-6750.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah:
24225 Greenfield Rd., Southfield.
Leizer Levin, rabbi. 559-5022.
B'nai Israel-Beth Yehudah:
15400 W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park.
Yoel Sperka, rabbi. 967-3969.
B'nai Zion: 15250 W. Nine Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Solomon Gruskin,
rabbi. 968-2414.
Dovid Ben Nuchim: 14800 W. Lin-
coln, Oak Park. Chaskel Grubner,
rabbi. 968-9784.
Kollel Institute: 15230 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. Moshe Schwab, rabbi.
968-0109.
Mishkan Israel, Nusach H'ari,
Lubavitcher Center: 14000 W. 9
Mile Rd., Oak Park. Betzalel Got-
tlieb, administrator-rabbi.
543-6611.
Shaarey Shomayim: 15110 W. 10
Mile Rd., Oak Park. Leo Goldman,
rabbi. 547-8555.
Shomrey Emunah: 25451
Southfield Rd., Southfield. Shaiall
Zachariash, rabbi. 559-1533 or
557-9666.
Shomrey Emunah-Ohel Moed:
6191 Farmington Rd., West
Bloomfield. Eli Jundef, rabbi.
967-1806.
Young Israel of Greenfield: 15140
W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park. Reuven
Drucker, rabbi. 967-3655.
Young Israel of Oak-Woods:
24061 Coolidge, Oak Park. Eliezer
Cohen, rabbi. 398-1177.
Young Israel of Southfield: 27705
Lahser, Southfield. Elimelech
Goldberg, rabbi. 358-0154.
TRADITIONAL:
B'nai David: 24350 Southfield Rd.,
Southfield. Morton Yolkut, rabbi.
557-8210.
CONSERVATIVE:
Adat Shalom: 29901 Middlebelt
Rd., Farmington Hills. Efry Spectre,
rabbi. 851-5100.
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses:
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. A.
Irving Schnipper, rabbi. 851-6880.
Beth Achim: 21100 W 12 Mile Rd.,
Southfield. Milton Arm, rabbi.
352-8670.
Beth Isaac: 2730 Edsel Dr., Tren-
ton. 675-0355.
Beth Shalom: 14601 W. Lincoln
Rd., Oak Park. David Nelson, rab-
bi. 547-7970.
B'nai Israel of West Bloomfield:
4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloom-
field. Sherman Kirshner, rabbi.
681-5353.
B'nai Moshe: 14390 W. 10 Mile
Rd., Oak Park. Allan Meyerowitz,
rabbi. 548-9000.
Downtown Synagogue: 1457
Griswold, Detroit. Noah Gamze,
rabbi. 961-9328.
Livonia Jewish Congregation:
31840 W. 7 Mile Rd., Livonia. Mar-
tin Gordon, rabbi. 477-8974.
Shaarey Zedek: 27375 Bell Rd.,
Southfield. Irwin Groner, rabbi.
357-5544.
REFORM:
Beth El: 7400 Iblegraph Rd., Bir-
mingham. Daniel Polish, rabbi.
851-1100.
Beth Jacob: 79 Elizabeth Lake
Rd., Pontiac. Richard Weiss, rabbi.
332-3212.
Emanu-El: 14450 W. 10 Mile Rd., .
Oak Park. Lane Steinger, rabbi.
967-4020.
Temple Israel: 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. M. Robert
Syme, Harold Loss, Paul Yedwab,
rabbi. 661-5700.
Kol Ami: 5085 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Norman Roman,
rabbi. 661-0040.
Shir Shalom: 5642 Maple Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Dannel
Schwartz, rabbi. 737-8700.
Shir Tikvah: 3333 Coolidge, Troy.
Arnie Sleutelberg, rabbi. 643-6520.
HUMANISTIC:
Birmingham Temple: 28611 W 12
Mile Rd., Farmington Hills. Sher-
win Wine, rabbi. 477-1410.
RECONSTRUCTIONIST:
T'Chiyah: 1404 Nicolet Place,
Detroit. 393-1089.
UNAFFILIATED:
Sephardic Community of
Greater Detroit: meets at B'nai
Israel-Beth Yehudah, 15400 W. 10
Mile, Oak Park. David Hazan, vice
president. 545-8945.