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August 05, 1994 - Image 18

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1994-08-05

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Greg

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B'nai David Board
To Reconsider Merger

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SHOES

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Have You Heard?

by Felix Cruz

Hearing Aid Specialist

THE DE TRO

SETTING UMITS

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"Sensorineural" hearing loss accounts
for about 95 percent of all adult hearing dis-
orders. It originates in the inner ear where
the hair cells, which transmit sound to the
brain, are destroyed due to aging or exces-
sive exposure to noise. While there is little
we can do about the effects of aging, we can
limit our exposure to noise. How much is
too much? Habitual exposure to noise above
85 dB (the noise level of truck traffic) causes
gradual hearing loss in many individuals.
Beyond that, the higher the noise level, the
less time it takes to do its damage. For in-
stance, eight hours of exposure to noise at
85 dB (lawn mower) is the cutoff point at
which the Occupational Safety and Health
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fter three hours of often ac-
rimonious debate and two
overwhelming but non-
binding votes by the mem-
bership, the most important
action taken last Sunday by Con-
gregation B'nai David was done
quietly.
Four members of B'nai David's
board of trustees handed a peti-
tion to President Phillip Bolton,
forcing a special meeting of the
board to reconsider the proposed
merger of Congregation B'nai
David with Congregation B'nai
Moshe.
Mr. Bolton said Monday he ex-
pects the meeting to be held next
week.
Sunday's congregational meet-
ing at the Jewish Community
Center followed a turbulent se-
ries of events for the 102-year-old
B'nai David. Two weeks ago, its
board voted 15-11, with four ab-

A

stentions, to present the merger
plan to the congregation. The vote
failed because 16 votes were
needed for passage.
If the board adopts the plan
next week, the merger proposal
would be placed before another
special meeting of the congrega-
tion.

Building was
rejected in a 24-74
vote.

On Sunday, more than 200
B'nai David members filled a sec-
tion of the JCC's Shiffrnan Hall
to vote on whether to allow proxy
balloting on the congregational
merger vote. That issue does not
apply to the board vote.
The merger itself was not on

special
the
meeting's agen-
da, but a heated
discussion of the
merger propos-
al, a modified
building plan
and two "advi-
sory" votes was
held.
Joel Shere
presented the
merger propos-
al, outlining
High Holiday
tickets and dues
arrangements
for the next two
years, efforts to
retain B'nai
David's name
within the
merged congre-
gation and B'nai
David slots on
the B'nai Moshe
executive com-
mittee and
board.
Dr. Joseph
Berenholz dis-
cussed modifica-
tions to B'nai
David's building
plan which, he
said, would cut
the $5 million
project to
$900,000 - $1.1
million. He and
other advocates
of a new B'nai
David, at a site
on Maple Road
and Halsted,
said the new
synagogue could
be completed in stages.
In the two non-binding votes
advising the board of its wishes,
the congregation voted to endorse
the merger and reject building
a new facility. The building was
rejected by a 24-74 vote, and the L-\
merger was backed by an even
wider margin.
At B'nai Moshe, Executive Di-
rector Joseph Tarica declined to
comment on the matter. "We can
empathize with the members of
B'nai David, but this is an inter-
nal matter that they must de-
cide," he said.
He confirmed, however, that
B'nai Moshe's executive commit-
tee on Wednesday considered a
request from B'nai David's merg-
er committee to extend High Hol-
iday tickets to B'nai David
members.



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