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building project."
After engaging an archi-
tect, Genesis went to the
drawing board. While the
maintenance and operating
expense of the new building
will be divided evenly, the
temple will be paying slight-
ly more of the estimated
$3,050,000 cost since their
membership is larger. (The
temple now has a member-
ship of about 350 families,
while the church has an esti-
mated 200.) The projected
date of completion is Sep-
tember 1994.
"We are adding a brand
new sanctuary, expanding
from 11 classrooms to 16, re-
modeling office space, going
from a 70-seat social hall to a
200-seat social hall with a full
kitchen, adding a formal sis-
terhood gift shop, a chapel for
the temple, a separate dedi-
cated worship space, a bride's
room and an adult lounge,"
Mr. Cotzin said.
Although the majority of
church and temple congre-
gants voted to move forward
with the project, there were
a few members who would
have preferred to put their
dollars elsewhere.
"I think it is an edifice built
by people with an edifice com-
plex," says Roger Palay, who
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is a past officer of the temple
board and men's club. "We
have two days a year when
the temple is full, and I think
it's a waste of money. It's be-
ing built so people can have a
fancier place, but that's not
why I joined originally. While
I like the idea of Genesis, and
that's one of the reasons that
we did join, I would rather
have the money go into the
religious education program,
adult education, or more sup-
port for the rabbinical ser-
vices, such as a full-time
cantor."
But Rabbi Levy stresses
that no matter what you do,
you are bound to have oppo-
sition. "When you get any
large amount of people to-
gether you are going to find
some dissatisfaction," he con-
ceded. "Even if a few people
wanted a totally Jewish space
and preferred not to build
with St. Clare's, it is really
just a few people. The major-
ity thought it was the right
thing to do, and I think the
temple will prosper in the
realms of services celebra-
tions, education and pro-
gramming because of our
addition."
According to the Reverend
Evett, the new addition is a
culmination of the dram of
the Genesis agreement. "I
think the new building for-
malizes the correctness of our
original decision and guar-
antees we will live together
for generations to come," he
said.
Bette Cotzin, temple mem-
bership vice president, said,
"It is a mutual respect of each
other's religion that has al-
lowed the congregations to co-
exist and continue with the
relationship. Our joint ven-
tures are not an attempt to
proselytize or mix religions,
and that's one of the things
that makes this work. What
we are doing is teaching our
children how to respect oth-
ers and live an ecumenical
life."
Local
News
Text Study
Session Planned
On Feb. 7, the Midrasha Cen-
ter for Adult Jewish Learning
and the Cohn-Haddow Center
for Judaic Studies of Wayne
State University will offer a
seminar-style Jewish text study
session with Professor Marc S.
Bernstein of the department of
Near East Studies, University
of Michigan. The program will
be held at the Midrasha, located
in the Agency for Jewish Edu-
cation building at 21550 West
12 Mile Road, Southfield.
Professor Bernstein's topic
will be "The Revolution/Evolu-
tion of Modern Hebrew Liter-
ature." Because the program is
underwritten by the Cohn-Had-
dow Center, there is no tuition
charge, but there is a materials
fee for reading materials that
will be sent to students in
advance.
Pre-registration is required.
For information, call Midrasha,
354-1050.
Shapiro Post
Plans Dinner
The Charles Shapiro Post of the
Jewish War Veterans will hold
its annual paid-up membership
dinner 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the
Jewish War Veterans Memor-
ial Home. All paid-up members
are eligible to attend; dues will
be accepted at the door.
For information and reser-
vations, call Sandy Pliskow,
399-1546; or Harry Rose, 354-
2452.