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Betrothal?

Beth Achim and Adat Shalom
are talking about pairing up.

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extremely good for the Jewish com-
munity," he says.
In the case of a merger, Rubin says
there would be room for additional
clergy from Beth Achim to join the
pulpit at Adat Shalom.
Still, it seems unlikely that a firm
agreement will be made before the
summer, Keller says.
Any agreement must be approved
by Beth Achim's board and congrega-_(
tion, he says. The next scheduled
annual meeting is in the summer,

hey're just talking, they
insist.
But while no agreement
has been reached, the board
of trustees at Congregation Beth
Achim in Southfield has given the go-
ahead to negotiate a merger with Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills.
"We're only talking," says
Gerald Keller, president of
Beth Achim's board. "We have
been approached by a number
of different congregations in
the city, and we're talking to
everybody."
Beth Achim, the
Conservative congregation on
12 Mile Road, east of Lahser,
is looking to merge because it
can no longer sustain itself
alone. Keller says many of the
congregation's current mem-
bers have moved to northwest
suburbs such as Farmington
Hills and West Bloomfield,
while others live in
Huntington Woods.
"A lot of our members have
moved away, and we have to
be where our members are
going," Keller says.
"One of the reasons that
[we're] talking with Adat
Shalom is because it's not so
dreadfully far as, let's say,
B'nai Moshe or some of the
other congregations that we've Adat Shalom Synagogue
talked to. We've also talked to
Shaarey Zedek — we've talked
although a semi-annual January meet-
to everybody — but thus far, we have
ing does not currently have the topic
got the best deal from Adat Shalom,
of a merger on the agenda.
and our board of trustees has given us
Alan Linker of Sperber's Kosher
the authority to explore Adat Shalom
Catering, which services Beth Achim
further."
events, says he has "a fair amount of
According to synagogue officials,
parties" scheduled at the shul during r_,
Adat Shalom has approximately 1,200
1998.
families and Beth Achim has 250.
"Until Beth Achim gives me the
Jack Rubin, president of Adat
word, I have to book parties as busi-
Shalom's board, says the congregation
ness as usual. I've talked to some peo-
is looking forward to the possibility of
ple at Beth Achim ... I'm still booking
a merger with Beth Achim.
as always. Something past '98, I would
"It's very good for Beth Achim, it's
question it."
very good for Adat Shalom, and it is

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