LOCAL NEWS Court Orders Township To Hear B'nai Moshe SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer C Don't get left out in the cold. Come into Workbench. And warm up to some incredible buys. Bedroom furniture. Dining tables & chairs. Wall units. Home office furniture. Sofas. Sleepers. Kids furniture. The works. Major credit cards and Workbench charge welcome. SAVINGS OF UP TO 40% ON PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE STORE! SOUTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM ANN ARBOR 26026 W.12 Mile Rd. West of Telegraph (313)352-1530 234 S. Hunter Blvd. South of Maple (313) 540-3577 410 N. Fourth Ave. A Kerrytown Shop (313)668-4688 OPEN SUNDAYS. CHECK YOUR LOCAL STORE FOR HOURS. "Suzzette, Remember our Special for January — Bring A Friend or mother, daughter, husband, sister, boss, neighbor, hairdresser, psychiatrist . . ." Two European facials for $60 (regularly '90) The Kitty Wagner Look Lasts a Lifetime alartie Facial Salon and Spa Hunters Square • Farmington Hills • 626-1231 18 FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1990 ongregation B'nai Moshe will have an- other opportunity to state its case to West Bloom- field Township trustees. During a hearing Wednes- day, Oakland County Cir- cuit Court Judge Hilda Gage ordered West Bloomfield trustees to give the con- gregation a chance to refute the township's decision to block a new B'nai Moshe synagogue on the west side of Drake Road, south of Maple Road. At a special township meeting Dec. 21 trustees voted 4-3 to reject the synagogue's request to build the facility because it would interfere with the de- velopment of a five-acre parcel south of the B'nai Moshe site. Albert Leader, the synagogue's attorney, told Judge Gage the synagogue had worked with Tom Bird, the township's senior plann- ing official for the past year. Bird never objected to the way the adjacent parcel would be developed until Dec. 21 when he suggested the property would need variances. The trustees came up with new concerns about the future development of the adjacent parcel and the synagogue was never given a chance to respond to them, Leader said. Trustees had also objected to synagogue's plans to build a parking lot on the south side of the site because the noise, lights and exhaust fumes from the cars impact the adjacent property. Robert Roth, the synagogue's past president, said in previous discussions with Bird, he had never heard that Bird had a prob- lem with the parking lot. Judge Gage agreed that synagogue leaders were not given an opportunity to an- swer the township's new concerns and ordered the township to meet with B'nai Moshe at 8 p.m. Jan. 8 at the township hall. After the meeting, the township and synagogue leaders will again meet in Judge Gage's courtroom. She is expected to hear the case before Jan. 21. Leader had asked for an early hear- . ing date because the synagogue's option to pur- chase the 15-acre parcel ex- pires Jan. 21. Michael Glagola, who owns part of the 15 acres, said he does not know if the option will be extended. It has already been extended 80 days from the original Nov. 6 expiration date because B'nai Moshe has not received approval from the township to build the synagogue. For five years he has been trying to sell his property to three different developers including B'nai Moshe, but has gotten nowhere because township trustees rejected each proposal, Glagola said. Roth said he doubts the judge will make a decision before the option expires, but hopes he can work with Glagola and John Parkkilla, the property's other owner, to extend the option until the end of January. The synagogue has no plans to look for another building site, Roth said. "We are not searching. We feel confident we can prevail," he said. In the meantime, the synagogue is still com- pleting plans to sell its facility at Ten Mile and Church roads in Oak Park for $1.6 million to United Jewish Charities. El Israel Bonds Hosts Rabbis New York — More than 100 rabbis, representing Conser- vative, Reform and Orthodox congregations in the United States and Canada, will visit Israel next week for the fifth annual State of Israel Bonds National Rabbinic Conference. Participants will include Rabbi Milton Arm of Con- gregation Beth Achim and Rabbi David Nelson of Con- gregation Beth Shalom. They will meet with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Finance Minister Shimon Peres, Tourism Minister Gi- deon Patt and Economic Plan- ning Minister Yitzhak Moda'i during four days of panel discussions and tours. A special panel will focus on the increasing influx of Soviet Jews and the need to provide extra Bond proceeds to help Israel create jobs and build housing for them.