COMMUNITY

Detroit Music Study Club
Hosts Annual Concert Nov. 5

UHS Luncheon To
Feature Soloist

The Women's Auxiliary of
the United Hebrew School
will hold its annual donor
luncheon 12:15 p.m., Nov. 8 at

Cantor Hirschenfang

Congregation Beth Achim.
Cantor Gail Hirschenfang of
Temple Beth-El will be the
featured soloist.
Cantor Hirschenfang is one
of the first invested women
cantors in the U.S.
For reservations call Anna
Mickel, 645-5237.

national Music Competition
of Japan. In February, she
opened the 1989 Young Ar-
tists Series at the Kennedy
Center.
After studying for one sum-
mer at Aspen, Urushihara
received a scholarship from
the Agency for Cultural Af-
fairs of the Japanese govern-
ment to attend the Juillard
School of Music.
The Friends of Music Study
Club support at last year's

Annual Artist Concert helped
Music Study Club award
$14,550 in scholarships for
1989-1990.
The concert committee
chairmen include Corliss
Rosenberg, Joan Linden,
Violet Spitzer, - Jeanette
Miller, Ann Ross, Bernice
Pinsky, Joan Rose, and
Mildred Charnas.
For information, call Corliss
Rosenberg, 543-3095.

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Two Local Synagogues
Win Schechter Awards

The United Synagogue of
America has announced that
two area Conservative
synagogues, Adat Shalom of
Farmington Hills and Beth
Shalom of Oak Park, will
receive Solomon Schechter
Awards on Nov. 6 at the bien-
nial Conservative convention
in Toronto. The awards are -
presented for outstanding
achievements in synagogue
programming in a competi-
tion of more than 800 Conser-
vative congregations in the
United States and Canada.
Adat Shalom Synagogue
has been selected as a first-
place winner in the category
of bulletins and publications
in recognition of its utiliza-
tion of congregational
resources to produce its mon-
thly bulletin, invitations,
brochures and other printed
materials.
The synagogue also will
receive an honorable mention
in the category of Israel af-
fairs and aliyah activities in
recognition of its creative pro-
grams stressing the impor-
tance of Israel and Zionism to
Jews everywhere.
Congregation Beth Shalom
has been selected as a first-
place winner in the category
of Soviet Jewry programming
in recognition of its program-
ming that heightened the
awareness of the congregants
to the plight of Soviet Jewry,
both those still in the Soviet
Union and those who have
settled in the Detroit area.
One of the highlights of
their programming was a
"live" twinning ceremony
with a Soviet young man who
had been allowed to emigrate
and a bar mitzvah celebrant
at Beth Shalom.
Representatives of Adat
Shalom and Beth Shalom will
be present at the biennial
convention to receive their
awards. The convention pro-

vides an opportunity for
education on the convention
theme: "Building a Conser-
vative Jewish Lifestyle?'
Information and registra-
tion forms can be obtained
from the office of Michigan
Region, United Synagogue of
America, 855-5950.

Agency Honorees
Hear UJA Chair

The third annual Agency
Leadership Awards will be
presented at a reception
featuring United Jewish Ap-
peal Vice Chairman Anita
Gray as the guest speaker, 7

Anita Gray

p.m. Tuesday, at Tam
O'Shanter Country Club.
The awards honor Federa-
tion agency board members
whose dedication and leader-
ship enable the agencies to ef-
fectively serve the
community.
Gray serves as chairman of
the UJA Speaker Bureau and
is a member of National
Campaign Cabinet. She also
serves on the CJF Executive
Committee. She is a member
of the boad of trustees of the
Jewish Community Federa-
tion of Cleveland.

Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Aleynu, the Partnership for Jewish Education,
and Jewish News associate publisher Arthur Horwitz affix a mezuzah
on the door of the Jewish News' new Southfield office.

WSU President To Host
Bar-Ilan Reception

David Adamany, president
of Wayne State University,
will serve as master of
ceremonies and honorary
chairman for Bar-Ilan
University's reception honor-
ing Mrs. Emma Schaver, as
well as 'the memories of
Harry and Adele Mondry, at
a reception 7:30 p.m., Wednes-
day, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
Mrs. Schaver and her late
husband, Morris, have been
among the world's most pro-
minent proponents of the
perpetuation of Yiddish
culture. Mrs. Schaver has ac-
complished this through her
musical talent and generous
support of Yiddish-promoting
programs, including The Em-
ma Schaver Fund for Yiddish
in the Israel Schools and the
Morris L. and Emma Schaver
Yiddish Institute, both at
Bar-Ilan University.
In addition to her Bar-Ilan
involvement, the Wayne State
University School of Music is
named in her honor, as are
the libraries at the Holocaust
Memorial Center and the
Fleischman Home for Aged.
Harry and Adele Mondry,
longtime residents of Detroit,
were members of Labor
Zionists of America, and en-
thusiastic supporters. of Yid-
dish writers, schools and Yid-
dish children's camps. In ad-
dition, Mrs. Mondry was a
well known critic of Yiddish
literature and author, having
written Wyszkowo: A Shtetl
on the Bug River.
President Adamany is a
professor of law and political
science at WSU and is exten-
sively involved in our
community.

For reservations, call the
Bar-Ilan University office,
4234550.

Holiday Appeal
For Soviet Jews

On the eve of Yom Kippur,
State of Israel Bonds has an-
nounced that a special Bond
campaign will be conducted
during Yom Kippur services
in 1,220 North American
synagogues throughout 252
communities to help Israel
provide housing and employ-
ment opportunities for Soviet
Jews.
An open letter was issued
following a page one article
which appeared in the Sept.
17 edition of the New York
Times headlined, "Soviet
Jews Finding Israel Short of
Jobs and Housing."
Last year, the Israel Bond
High Holy Days Appeals rais-
ed more than $65 million.
This year, in addition to being
called on by their rabbis for
their annual Israel Bond
subscription to strengthen
Israel's economy, congregants
will be asked to subscribe for
another Israel Bond "to help
Israel provide jobs and hous-
ing for Soviet Jewish ar-
rivals?'
Local synagogues par-
ticipating in this special
Israel Bond appeal are Adat
Shalom, B'nai David, B'nai
Moshe, Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses, Beth Achim, Beth
Shalom, Shaarey Shomayim,
Shomrey Emunah, Temple
Israel, Young Israel of Green-
field, Young Israel of Oak
Woods, Young Israel of
Southfield, Young Israel of
West Bloomfield and Beth
Israel of Flint.

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Music Study Club of
Metropolitan Detroit will pre-
sent its 66th Scholarship
Benefit Annual Artist Con-
cert 3 p.m. Nov. 5 at Orchestra
Hall. The event will feature
pianist Rina Dokshinsky and
violinist Asako Urushihara.
Dokshinsky, 23, began
piano studies at the age of
five in her native Israel. In
1982, she came to the United
States to study with Russell
Sherman at the New England
Conservatory, from which she
earned her bachelor's degree
in 1988. At age 13, she per-
formed as soloist with the
Israeli Philharmonic under
Zubin Mehta, resulting in an
invitation from Mehta to ap-
pear with him at a benefit
concert for UNICEF in Italy.
Two years later, she won first
prize in the international
competition for young
pianists in Italy.
Urushihara, 23, began stu-
dying violin at the age of four.
She made her debut at 13 as
soloist with the NHK Sym-
phony Orchestra in her
native Tokyo. Her career con-
tinued with performances as
soloist with orchestras in-
cluding the Tokyo Metro-
politan Symphony, the Nip-
pon Philharmonic Symphony,
the Sapporo Symphony, and
the NHK Symphony. She won
first prize in the 1983 Inter-