The Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit Presents as
Part of the "Hot Topics Series. „"
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Peace in the Family:
A Discussion On
Jewish Unity
with:
Rabbi Harold Loss
Temple Israel
Professor Alan Schenk
T'Chiyah
Rabbi Efry Spectre
Adat Shalom
Rabbi Steven Weil
Young Israel
Barbara Cuuk. 17,11
Thursday, September 25, 1997 • 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center Maple/Drake Building
This program is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community
Council & The Jewish News
• Panel of Local Rabbis • Tolerance versus Understanding
• Perspectives and Solutions • Recent World Events and
Their Impact On Our Community
There is no charge for this program.
Refreshments will be served.
Call (248) 661-7649 to pre-register for the lecture.
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Shalom.
Change At
Beth Shalom
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Birmingham Temple
Phil Jacobs - Editor of the Jewish News will moderate
Reth
Oak Park's Conservative synagogue
hires its first full-time
executive director.
LYNNE MEREDITH COHN
Staff Writer
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hings are a-changin' at
Congregation Beth Shalom.
First, the renovation and
construction of a new
school wing. And now, it's first full-
time executive director.
Barbara Pollak Cook took the posi-
tion in June and has been scurrying
ever since: working with members and
committees, doing dues adjustments,
presenting the synagogue to the corn-
munity and making sure "everything
in the synagogue is well-coordinated."
After all these years without an
executive director, why start now?
"Because, really and truly, it's
important that synagogues have good
communications with their members
and between staff, and you really need
somebody to be doing that type of
thing," Cook replies.
A Farmington Hills resident for 25
years and member of Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Cook has three grown
children. Most recently, she occupied