!SYNAGOGUES Beth El Installs Gail Hirschenfang Temple Beth El will install Cantor Gail Hirschenfang at services 8 p.m. Sept. 8. The program will feature the temple's adult chorale, a brass quintet and a small in- strumental ensemble. The service will encompass a wide range of styles from the art music of Ernest Bloch to the Gail Hirschenfang congregational melodies ar- ranged by Stephen Richards. The works of other Jewish composers — Lewis Lewan- dowsky, Salomon Sulzer, Ben Steinberg and Lazar Weiner — will be featured as well. Cantor Hirschenfang will perform "Eilu D'Varim" by Ben Steinberg as a duet with Cantor Sara Sager of Fair- mount Temple VI Cleveland. The cantors and the chorale also will sing "Ki Lekach Thy" by Stephen Richard. In addition to Cantor Sager, pulpit guests will include Nancy Townsend as guest conductor and Orrin 'Ibbbe, presidet of the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions Northeast Lakes region. The community is invited. Free babysitting will be available. For information, call the temple, 851-1100. Lubavitch Center Has Beis Medrish Rabbi Herschel Finman, director • of educational outreach for Lubavitch Foun- dation of Michigan, an- nounces the formation of a Beis Medrish program at the Lubavitch Center in Oak Park. - A Beis Medrish is a tradi- tional forum of Jewish learn- ing. Participants may study in a formal class or learn privately with one of the Yeshivah students. The program will be held 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is open to men and boys of all ages. I Courses will range from beginners Hebrew and bar mitzvah lessons to advance study of the Talmud, codes and philosophy. All courses are free. For information and to ar- range a class, call Rabbi Fin- man, 737-7000. Adat Shalom Plans Mishpachah Events Adat Shalom Synagogue will begin its 1989-1990 Mishpachah program, a series of creative Jewish events for young children and their families, 10 a.m. Sept. 10 with a Fall Festival Workshp. Families will have the opportunity to make ap- ple cider and visit with a local beelteeper. There is no charge. Future Mishpachah pro- grams include a Dec. 10 Chanukah workshop, a March 4 Purim Fun and Costume Factory and a May 13 Lag B'Omer picnic. The programs are organiz- ed by the synagogue's nursery school and Jewish Ex periences For Families. For information and reservations for the Sept. 10 event, call nursery school director Dottie Levitsky, 851-5105, by Thursday. Loeffler To Speak On Ethiopian Jews Shalom Beth The Chaverim, school board and youth commission will pre- sent a pre-Selichot program with Dr. David Loeffler 9 p.m. Sept. 23. He will speak on "The Plight of Ethiopian Jewry?' Refreshments will be serv- ed after the program. There is no charge. Brotherhood Plans Breakfast Temple Beth El Brother- hood will host a complimen- tary continental breakfast 9:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at the temple. The brotherhood invites the community, new members and old members to meet the officers and board members of Beth El's auxiliaries. Humanism Is Topic Of Talk Rabbi Sherwin Wine will describe the philosophy and programs of the Birmingham 'Ibmple and of Humanistic Judaism 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the temple. For reservations or informa- tion, call the temple, 477-1410. Want to learn more about a Jewish experience that's very unorthodox? The experience is Humanistic Judaism. It's a philosophy that shifts attention from the supernatural to the natural, from the divine to the human. Two hundred years ago, it was startling. Today it is still unorthodox. And now you can experience this experience first hand at the Birmingham Temple. To learn more about. Humanistic Judaism, please join us for an infor- mal meeting with the Rabbi on Sept. 6 or Sept. 13 at 8:30. Meet Rabbi Sherwin Wine and become acquainted with the Birmingham Temple, our educa- tional programs, family involvement, inter- faith without conversion, as well as our life-cycle and holiday celebrations. To find out about our Community High Holiday Services, and for addi- tional information, call our Execu- tive Director, Helen Forman at 477-1410. Expect some very unconventional answers. The Birmingham Temple 28611 West Twelve Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48018 ongregation Beth Achim HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES in the Main Sanctuary will be conducted by RABBI MILTON ARM, ASSOCIATE RABBI MARTIN BERMAN CANTOR MAX SHIMANSKY Membership Available AUXILIARY HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES Sol J. Schwartz Auditorium RABBI BENJAMIN H. GORRELICK will officiate and DAVID ARM WILL CHANT MUSAF SERVICES Tickets $80.00 Tickets available at: 21100 West 12 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI For Further information call 352-8670 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 43