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tional support of his new position
as a start to the work he hopes to
do in the congregation in the next
year.
"My chief priority will be en-
gaging in the healing process in
the congregation," he said. "We
need to work together for the ben-
efit of the entire congregation.
"I plan to do a lot of listening
and understanding of the con-
cerns people have," he said.
Since he left Temple Beth El,
Rabbi Cook has remained in
Detroit, where he has been teach-
ing classes, including one through
the Florence Melton Mini-School
and others at Midrasha.
Prior to his six-year stint at
Temple Beth El, Rabbi Cook
served as an associate rabbi for
education and youth at Temple
Sinai of North Dade in North
Miami Beach, Fla., from 1977 to
1988 and as an associate rabbi of
education for Temple Beth Am in
Miami from 1974-1977. He was
director of camp and youth ac-
tivities for the Ohio Valley region
of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations from 1971 to 1974.
Rabbi Cook will
begin his new role
July 1.
Rabbi Cook earned a bachelor
of arts in English literature from
the University of Michigan in
1966, and a master of arts in
Hebrew letters and rabbinic or-
dination from Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in Cincinnati in 1972.
During the next year, the tem-
ple's rabbinical search commit-
tee will continue to look for a
permanent replacement. A list
of candidates provided by the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations has not been fi-
nalized. Interviews for the posi-
tion will begin in April. ❑
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riages has been a reason for the
temple's decline in membership.
"The committee members feel
that the senior rabbi sets the tone
for the congregation and that if
the senior rabbi refuses to offici-
ate at interfaith marriages, then
the message sent out to inter-
marrying children will continue
to be one of rejection rather than
welcome," read the committee's
board-approved report.
"The committee also recom-
mends that a willingness to offi-
ciate at interfaith marriage
ceremonies be an important con-
sideration in the employment of
any Temple Beth El clergy who
are hired in the future," the re-
port stated.
"(Rabbi Cook) has said that he
will warmly and sincerely wel-
come interfaith couples," Mr.
Kamins said. However, Rabbi
Cook "has said he will not per-
form interfaith marriages."
Associate Rabbi Jonathan
Plaut and Rabbi Emeritus
Richard Hertz, as when they
served with Rabbi Polish, will in-
stead perform the ceremonies.
"I plan to do what I have al-
ways tried to do, to be very wel-
coming to all families who want
to be members of Temple Beth
El," Rabbi Cook said.
Some congregants, including
those who opposed the firing of
Rabbi Polish, were pleased by the
board's choice to fill the position.
Steven Mitchell, a member of
the Committee to Save Temple
Beth El which denounced the
board's action to remove Rabbi
Polish, said filling the position
must have been difficult and the
board made a good choice. Past
contentious board-rabbi relations
and the one-year availability of
the position must have been pro-
hibitive in finding candidates, Mr.
Mitchell said.
"Rabbi Cook knows the temple
and the congregation," he said.
"He will be good in this role."
Rabbi Cook sees congrega-
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The PTO of Congregation Ricky Lax, Mark Adler, Benny
Shaarey Zedek will present the Goldman, Joey Baker, Adam
annual Haman's Hideaway Fam- Horowitz, Sari Adelson and
ily Dinner Theater on Sunday, Danielle Krasman as the broth-
April 9, at 5 p.m., featuring the ers.
Shaarey Zedek Youth Choir un-
Dancers and women's ensem-
der the direction of Deena Pearl- ble will be played by Karen
man Weisberg in Joseph and the Schwartz, Elyse Gildenberg,
Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Melissa Taub, Laura Bank, Er-
Appearing in the musical are ica Schiller, Reva Gorbaty, Ari-
David Adler as Joseph, David ca Jacobson, Michelle Markowitz
Freeman as Pharaoh, David and Katie Fornell, Jessica New-
Margolis as Jacob, Brooke Lip- man, Carly Olsman, Rachel
man, Julie Schiller, Raya Samet Zuckman, Danielle Goodman
and Rana Goldberg as narrators, and Danielle Krasman. Addi-
Brooke Lipman as Potiphar's tional parts will be played by
wife, Arica Jacobson as the bak- members of the Shaarey Zedek
er, Steve Katz, Eli Zoller, Youth Choir, including Ish-
Matthew Rubinstein, Hy Safran, malites and slavemen.