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Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
will honor over 45 years of service
by the Mermelsteins.

HARRY KIRS BAUM
StaffWriter

oseph Mermelstein would pre-
fer to quietly continue tutor-
ing bar and bat mitzvah stu-
dents in his cluttered office at
Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses rather thin being recognized
for his hard work.
"What I do is my business, or the
business of the people," he said. "I was
never eager to be honored or get cred-
it."
But Joseph, and his wife, Ruth —
Yossel and Ruchel to their friends —
don't really have a choice. On Sunday,
June 28, BAHM will honor the
Mermelsteins' 45-year contribution to
the thousands of students they have
taught.
The board had discussed a celebra-
tory dinner for about a year, "but

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we've known for a long time that
they've really deserved it," said Rabbi
Aaron Bergman.
The Mermelsteins, both Holocaust
survivors, met in New York and mar-
ried in 1951. He was hired in 1953 to
read Torah at the then new Beth
Joseph Abraham Synagogue at Seven
Mile Road and Greenlawn in Detroit.
"Reading Torah was always easy for
me," Mermelstein said. "I didn't have
to struggle like the others." He studied
in one of Czechoslovakia's largest
yeshivot before the war.
Over the years, Mermelstein added
more duties — witnessing at wed-
dings, acting as shammes at funerals
and shivas, and teaching the Midrash.
He contacted people for yahrzeit and c-\
made sure enough people could make
a minyan, sometimes going out into
the neighborhood and knocking on
doors.

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Joseph and Ruth Mermelstein, celebrating 45 years o service.

