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cycle events at the tem-
ple," Alan Cotzin says.
The temple also will
expand its administrative
suite with the first pri-
vate office for the temple
administrator, a larger
rabbi's study, and an of-
fice for a future cantor or
assistant rabbi.
In addition, the con-
struction will add new
parking spaces and a cir-
cular drop-off/pick-up
area, centralized heating
and cooling, a new phone
system, an elevator, and
complete handicapped
accessibility, including an
accessible bimah.
Temple Beth Emeth's
expansion also will lead to
greatly enlarged educa-
tional facilities: the num-
ber of on-site classrooms Henry Gershowitz
will increase from 11 to 16;
there will be a temporary
Holidays. It is an addition of
library that will expand in the fu- square footage that will allow
ture; and a school storage area, both Beth Emeth and St. Clares
teacher resource room, and new to conduct simultaneous pro-
furniture, carpeting, and paint.
gramming, something not often
While the temple will contin- possible in their old, more crowd-
ue to rent classroom space from ed home.
the nearby Jewish Community
"This will give us elbow room
Center of Washtenaw County, that we didn't have in the past
the new facility will insure that and that'll be good for Genesis,"
future classes won't be as crowd- says one longtime member.
ed as they've been in the past.
Beth Israel Congregation, Ann
Sandy Raben is explicit on this Arbor's Conservative synagogue,
point: "I won't have to squeeze 60 is also in the midst of a building
kids into two rooms anymore. It'll project, but a smaller one that re-
be exciting for both the kids and flects a different philosophy of
the teachers and will give me flex- growth and construction.
ibility I didn't have before. Truth-
The synagogue office suite is
fully, it will be a delight."
under renovation, a project Beth
Excluding financing costs, Israel members believe essential
Genesis is authorized to spend for both current and future re-
about $3 million for the project. quirements.
Building committee co-chair Mr.
The first major addition since
Cotzin says that "we've raised the construction of Beth Israel's
close to $2 million and we'll be facility in 1978, the expansion of
starting a second fund-raising the office, reception area, rabbi's
drive shortly."
study, and the outdoor patio is
The temple and church have considered necessary because
secured a five-year loan they will "anyone who visited our old office
begin to pay off in 1999.
was aware that it needed to be
At the annual temple meeting expanded," says synagogue build-
in June, a quorum of members ing committee chairman and
voted to amend their congrega- president Henry Gershowitz.
tional by-laws and require all "Now there will be a place to
membership-units to contribute work."
Beth Israel, like Beth Emeth,
for the expansion, but Mr. Cotzin
feels that "most of our families has grown — from 300 families
have pitched in together" for the in 1978 to almost 450 today.
Founded in 1916, the congrega-
project.
The building program has had tion used to share a building with
one other effect: It has strength- the University of Michigan B'nai
ened the Genesis relationship be- B'rith Hillel Foundation. In 1978,
tween Temple Beth Emeth and the synagogue moved to a new,
St. Clares of Assisi Episcopal brick structure on land that a
Church. While there is a dissolu- member had purchased for Beth
tion clause in the Genesis agree- Israel from a University of Michi-
ment, the expansion effort has gan fraternity.
Part of the congregation's
effectively overruled the clause
because of the depth of the fi- growth has been the result of ef-
nancial commitment between the fective programming. Rabbi
Robert Dobrusin explains that
congregations.
But the seriousness of this Beth Israel has reached into the
monetary relationship is tern- community as much as possible
pered by the enormous increase in recent years.
"Our youth and family pro-
in available space that the syna-
gogue and the church hope to grams are bigger than ever. Last
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