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"Ultimately, we'd like to do something for the com- munity with the money from the sale of the assets, to keep the name of Beth Jacob alive," said Judy Schwartz of West Bloomfield, temple co-president with Barbara Schrier since last May. "The rabbi (Richard Weiss) has retired; we're winding down our activities and look- ing to disband, but the con- gregation is still in the pro- cess of deciding what to do," she said. "We have not yet made that decision." In fact, she said, the tem- ple board at its most recent meeting Dec. 17 "voted to keep it (the temple) alive," although it also decided then to put the temple properties on the market. But, she add- ed, if the temple, built in 1958, isn't sold by next Rosh Hashanah, services could be held there again. The temple's closing leaves Pontiac with no Jew- ish congregations. B'nai Israel, a Conservative syn- agogue, relocated to West Bloomfield about 10 years ago. The closing is "very difficult for everybody to face," said Mrs. Schwartz, referring to the membership. "Temples don't go out of business." She said the congregation, established in Pontiac in 1923, has several families with multiple generations as members. "It's very sad," she said. "We all have wonderful, happy feelings about the temple. We would like to see the temple name preserved in some way and not become a dim memory." "We want to take the tem- ple out with grace and dig- nity," said Mrs. Schreier, a Birmingham resident and 22-year Beth Jacob member who brought in the Schwart- zes as members 19 years ago. "There's a heartbeat that continues and we don't want that to die." Mrs. Schwartz said that several members are discussing the formation of a chavurah as a way of staying together. Beth Jacob members seek- ing to join other congrega- tions are attending a series of six Friday night services at other temples as a group, but Mrs. Schreier said mem- bers probably won't all join the same congregation because they live in various Oakland and Wayne County communities. Only one or two families still reside in Pontiac, she said. There are no merger talks going on, she said. "We're using the word 'absorption.' A merger is not a possibility at this time." Mrs. Schwartz declined to discuss all the reasons for the closing, but did attribute it in part to "a lack of leadership and participa- tion. We ran out of people willing to take on leadership roles," she said. "It was quite difficult to get anything accomplished." She added there were "not that many young families left" in the congregation. She said membership has dwindled to "60 families in good standing," compared to over 200 at one time. The membership eventually spread out to 26 different communities, according to Beth Jacob's own demo- graphic survey, with the temple in part losing mem- bership over the years to Detroit temples that moved to the city's northern suburbs. Mrs. Schwartz said Rabbi Weiss decided to retire a year ago and was made rabbi emeritus, a post he will hold until the end of July. Both she and Mrs. Schreier refus- ed to discuss contract negotiations with the rabbi or whether they had anything to do with the temple's closing. She said the temple did decide it could not afford to hire a rabbi to replace Rabbi Weiss. ❑