First Fruits

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Adat Shalom

Synagogue

A Conservative
Congregation

first-fruit ceremony that
everything is a gift, during
the seder night we come to
understand that our children,
our first-fruits, are also a gift
from God. We are not the
owners. And the message is
that children cannot be con-
trolled or coerced; they must
be taught and inspired — as
we witness at the seder.
The generations survive,
and I'm sure that this is in no
small measure because of
many such dialogues between

parents and children. Only
last week an opportunity
arose to attend a nets re'vaii
ceremony here in Efrat, and
along with other neighbors,
after the redemption with a
coin and a blessing, we tasted
the sweet grapes from the
new vines. Even a city boy
like me could feel that we
were moving closer to the day
when we'd again be bringing
our first-fruits to the Holy
Temple in Jerusalem. May it
be speedily and in our time.

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SYNAGOGUES 1

Shaarey Zedek
Shows 'Tevye'

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For Membership
Information Call
Alan Yost, 851-5100

A new restored version of
the 1939 Yiddish film classic
Tevye by .Sholom Aleichem
will be shown at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 as a prelude to
Selichot services, which will
be held at 11:30 p.m.
Tevye, starring and directed
by the dean of Yiddish
theatre, Maurice Schwartz,
was the base for the Broad-
way musical Fiddler on The
Roof
The new release by the Na-
tional Center for Jewish Film
marks 50 years since Tevye
was first released.
Both the film and Selichot
service are open to the com-
munity at no charge.

"The Zionist Dream and
Israel Reality," followed by a
luncheon talk about "The
Humor of Sholem Aleichem
as a Vehicle for a Jewish
World Outlook?'
Winer is chairman of the
department of Yiddish
language and literature at
Bar-Ilan University. In the
past, he was city manager of
Dimona, Israel, for three

Synagogue Shows
Film For Selichot

Rabbi Efry Spectre
Rabbi Elliot Pachter
Cantor Larry Vieder

"Where You Come First"

Kosins

Uptown
Southfield Rd. at
111/2 Mile • 559-3900

Big & Tall
Southfield at
101/2 Mile. • 569-6930

As part of its observance of
Selichot, Adat Shalom
Synagogue will show the
award-winning film I Ask For
Wonder — Experiencing God,
produced by the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America, following a coffee
hour 9:30 p.m. Sept. 23.
The Selichot service, which
will include penitential
prayers and music of the Mat
Shalom Choir, will begin at
11 Rm.
For information, call the
synagogue, 851-5100.

Winer To Speak
At Beth Achim

Congregation Beth Achim
will host Dr. Gershon Winer
as its weekend scholar as part
of the weekend activities to
honor the synagogue's past
president, Ronald Harris.
The program will begin
with Shabbat services today
at 6 p.m.
p.m., followed by diner at
will present a
7 p.m.
talk on "Teaching Yiddish
and Yiddishkeit in the Soviet
Union."
On Saturday, Winer will
give the Shabbat sermon on

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989

Gershon Winer

years. He was educated at
Yeshiva University, Columbia
University and the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America. He holds a Ph.D,
from Michigan State
University.
There is a charge for the
dinner tonight and the Shab-
bat luncheon. Call the
synagogue, 352-8670, for
information.

Beth El Hosts
Israeli Consul

Uri Bar-Ner, consul general
of Israel to the Midwest will
speak at services at Temple
Beth El 8 p.m. Sept. 22.
Bar-Ner received his B.A. in
history and international
relations at Hebrew Universi-
ty of Jerusalem. A shaliach of
the Jewish Agency in the ear-
ly 1960s, Bar-Ner received his
masters in political science