Rabbi
Groner will
be a
national
spokesman.

Shabbat) to go back to Detroit. He has
been leading Shaarey Zedek ever since.
Baruch believes Rabbi Groner's
strength is his ability "to deliver a mes-
sage in a very clear way. His sermons are
always well thought out and people can
remember what he said.
"At the Rabbinical Assembly, he fired
up those rabbis in a very dynamic way. It
wasn't a typical speech. It had a lot of
plot, a lot of thought and was an excep-
tionally dynamic message."
Rabbi Groner has paid his dues to get to
this point in his career. He is a board
member of the Jewish Welfare Federation
of Detroit, was the first clergyman to
serve on Michigan's Judicial Tenure
Commission, and has been involved na-
tionally with the United Jewish Appeal,
the Synagogue Council of America and
the youth commission of the United Syn-

agogue. He has served in leadership posi-
tions with the Rabbinical Assembly for 10
years.
In honor of his installation, more than
80 Shaarey Zedek members traveled to
upstate New York, and Laker and past
presidents William Davidson, David
Hermelin and Mandell Berman addressed
the installation dinner.
To spread that congregational
cohesiveness on the national level is
Rabbi Groner's self-set task.
"My themes will be reconciliation, dia-
logue and unity," the rabbi said. "We
have to affirm our faith in the Conser-
vative movement. I believe we're on the
threshold of new beginnings, and with
untapped resources of strength, creativity
and energy we can bring about a renewal
of Jewish life in our time.
"That is my faith." ❑

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