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the world moved at an increasingly
faster pace. Pearl Harbor was
bombed and the United States
entered World War II. Rabbis were
enlisting as military chaplains and
although barred by age from active
service, Rabbi Franklin wrote letters
of recommendation for young men,
exhorted the military to offer Jewish
services at bases, corresponded with
young people sent all over the globe,
and comforted those who lost loved
ones in the war.
Rabbi Franklin died in 1948,
mourned by the entire city of Detroit.
As Temple Beth El commemorates the
50th anniversary of his death, and the
100th anniversary of his call to
Detroit, we also remember the events
listed above, which continue to influ-
ence our communal lives, or serve as.
touchstones for our personal memo-
ries. Rabbi Franklin did not live, work
or pray in a vacuum. He should be
remembered as a man who lived and
worked in his time, leaving a timeless
legacy. ❑

Ray and Ruth Einstein, on vacation
with Leo and Hattie Franklin circa
1930.

Exhibit To Oct. 30

Rabbi Leo M. Franklin will be
remembered through Oct. 30 in
"The Man and His Message," an
archival exhibit that can be viewed at
no charge daily at Temple Beth El,
Telegraph and 14 Mile, in Bloom-
field Township. Tours for groups of
10 to 25 may be arranged by calling
the temple: (248) 851-1100.

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Legacy, tells how the couple has
instilled the charitable spirit in their
four sons, all of whom are involved
in the NFJC.
The couple's bywords? "By giving
ourselves, we're doing by example.
We hope other people will follow."
"Communal service," said Pearl,
"is the most rewarding thing we've
done in all our years together."
Added Mike: "We're both commu-
nity people at heart — working for
people, knowing people, seeing their
accomplishments. For us, that's s a
major reward." ❑

The Patron's Award dinner and
award ceremonies begin at 6 p.m. The
evening will include entertainment by
Obie-Award winning playwright and
composer Elizabeth' Swados, who will
present the Detroit premiere "Bible
Women" with the New York cast. For
ticket information, please call Michael
Berke: (248) 354-3340.

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In 1936, Rabbi Franklin was invited
to speak on the national radio program
"Church of the Air." He would speak
on this program many times and also
on the coast-to-coast "Message of
Israel" broadcasts. In 1936, Detroit
also celebrated the 35th anniversary of
the Community Thanksgiving Service,
which Rabbi Franklin had initiated to
bring citizens of all faiths together in
an ecumenical service to give thanks
for the blessings received the previous
year.
Franklin's devotion to communal
service led to the founding of the Jew-
ish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and the Round Table of Catholics,
Jews and Protestants, now the National
Conference for Community and Jus-
tice. He also was the creator of the first
English language Jewish newspaper in
Detroit.
In 1941, Leo M. Franklin retired
as rabbi from Temple Beth El. He
had served the congregation with
distinction for more than 42 years.
As he began to curtail his activities,

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Histories of Service

Mike Zeltzer has earned the American Jewish Committee's Cyrus Adler Com-
munity Service Award and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award. He became secretary of the Jewish Commu-
nity Council of Metropolitan Detroit, and chairman of its Yiddish Cultural
Commission, partly because he was fluent in Yiddish. He's a past vice presi-
dent of the council.
Mike is a former presiderit of the Sholem Aleichem Institute and of the old
United Hebrew Schools (now the Agency for Jewish Education of Metropoli-
tan Detroit).
He's a founder of Federation's Federated Endowment Fund. He chaired the
Federation committee that resulted in the Wayne State University Press book,
"Harmony & Dissonance, Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967,"
by Sidney Bolkosky.
He's former chairman of the Council of Jewish Federations' large city bud-
geting conference. He's a past board member of the YIVO Institute for Jewish
Research and the American Jewish Historical Society:
Pearl Zeltzer, a nurse specializing in oncology and gerontology, acquired a
thirst for Jewish communal service as a member of the Hashomer Hatzair -
youth group. She's former editor of the Shalom Aleichem Institute journal.
Over the years, her affiliations have included the National Council for Jew-
ish Women, Meals on Wheels, the Oakland County Department of Social
Services for Aging, the Women's Division of Federation, the Detroit Institute
of Arts Founders Society, the Brandeis University national women's commit-
tee, Hadassah and Women's American ORT. She's currently midwest library
technology chairwoman for Brandeis.
Pearl is on Michigan Opera Theatre board of trustees while Mike serves on
its board of directors. Both serve on the Brandeis University board of fellows.

