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Jewish Reconstructionists
Strong On Construction
They may not have laid the founda-
tion or raised the roof, but a group of
Jewish workers from Congregation
T'chiyah, working under the supervi-
sion of Habitat for Humanity of
South Oakland County, recently
helped a Royal Oak Township woman
achieve her dream of a new home.
Nineteen members of the syna-
gogue based in Royal Oak and Detroit
worked all day alongside the new
homeowner, Kimberly Harris. The
volunteers graded and cleared all the
yards and put in topsoil and fence
posts for the new home.
Said T'chiyah member Marsha
Goldsmith Kamin of Huntington
Woods, who worked with daughter
Shira, 14, and husband Mark Kamin:
"It was a wonderful experience — it
made it more personal to have the
new owner there." Harris, who is .a
customer service representative with
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, hopes to be
able to move into the house with her
two young children by Christmas. She
has completed 250 hours of volunteer
work on this house and others built by
Habitat, as is required by the organi-
zation.
Site supervisor Dennis Pike
explained that the organization
charges the new owner the cost of the
home (between $40-$50,000) at zero
interest, to be paid off over a period of
30 years. The payments go into a fund
that Habitat uses to acquire more lots
to build homes for qualifying families.
Pike said when a project begins, the
people are asked, "'Who's framed a
house before?' Usually none of the
volunteers has. So we ask, 'Who's
watched it on TV?' When a handgoes
up, we say, 'Great — you're in
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Habitat volunteers
shown here are
Mary Ellen
Gurewitz, Sheila
Kohn, Benjamin
Ben-Baruch,
Sheldon Kohn and
Frank Castronova.
charge.'" Kidding aside, Pike said, vol-
unteers are greatly appreciated and
seem to enjoy the experience. Habitat
for Humanity of South Oakland
County is planning to build three to
five homes next year.
The "Reconstructionist" aspect of
Congregation T'chiyah's background
has nothing to do with the construc-
tion business, said member Hariiet
Saperstein of Detroit.
Reconstructionism is a branch of
Judaism started in the U.S. in the
1920s. It combines a respect for tradi-
tional ceremony with a progressive
sense of social involvement. For the
group working on the Habitat home
in Royal Oak Township, the social
involvement seemed to leave everyone
weary but satisfied. Said member
Sheldon Kohn of Huntington Woods,
as he tried to straighten his aching
back: "I'm just glad I work at a desk a
my day, job."
Other participating volunteers from
T'chiyah included Sandy Hansell and
Raina Ernstoff, both of Bloomfield
Township; Benjamin Ben-Baruch of
Ypsilanti; Michael Steinberg, Frank
Castronova and Gaye Tischler, all of
Ferndale; Sheila Kohn and Michal
Ram, both of Huntington Woods; and
Al Saperstein, Carol Dmitruk, Marty
Baum, Alan Schenk, Mary Ellen
Gurewitz and Barbara Goldman, all of
Detroit.
Habitat for Humanity of South
Oakland County can be reached
at (248) 827-4663.