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Temple Israel mixes the ancient with
the future in its new addition:
A space-age media center and
an ultra-modern mikvah.

ix nursery-school children
happily filed into the mul-
timedia center on Monday,
thrilled with the soothing blues
and the Jerusalem scenes.
Last week, several Tem-
ple Israel teen-agers looked
at the kaleidoscope of colors
ALAN IIITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
on the walls and floor and
told Rabbi Paul Yedwab,
"This is where we want to the walls of Temple Israel because resource," said Rabbi Harold Loss.
do our homework."
the center will be computer-acces- Said Rabbi Yedwab, "Hopefully, once
Adults have stopped by just to sible via the Internet. It may mean we're all set up, other congregations
ponder the future, because the future temple members in the future will can access it."
The temple is in the process of ac-
will be fully operational next fall and receive their "Temple Israel Mes-
integrated with the temple's class- senger" and other temple news via quiring the latest Judaic software to
be installed in the multimedia cen-
rooms.
computer.
That future will extend far beyond
"We see this as a community-wide ter. Twelve to 15 computer stations

will be permanently available in the
center, and teachers in the 25 class-
rooms at the temple will individual-
ly access programs for display on TV
monitors in their rooms.
The multimedia center, several ad-
ditional classrooms (including two
designed for adult education), an ad-
ditional playground area for the
nursery school, and what is believed
to be the first Reform mikvah (ritu-
al bath) in the United States were
included in the $1 million-plus ex-
pansion.
Rabbi Joshua Bennett is spear-
heading the hardware and software
search, aided by computer experts
within the Temple Israel membership

