This Week SliPTALY DF7)071 For Openers & ligAkty S . Cornerstone Comes Some A cornerstone from Temple Beth El's second building, origi- nally placed 130 years ago, was discovered in, of all places, the Detroit Public - Library "We got a call at the Archives last April that someone in the library found the stone upside down and flipped it over and saw what it was," says Holly Teasdle, archivist of Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives at Temple Beth El. Jim Armbruster, the Bloomfield Township syn- agogue's building superintendent, went to the library and retrieved the stone with an Archives representative. At first, it was thought to be a piece of concrete from over a doorway of the old synagogue. High-powered magnification of old photos revealed the find was actually a corner- stone. The stone was included in material gathered by historian Irving Katz, former executive secre- SHELLI tary, at the synagogue for research for his publica- LIEBMAN tion, "The Beth El Story" It was among items DORFMAN donated to the Burton Historical Collection at Staff Writer the Detroit Public Library in 1955. "Three years ago, Beth El bought it all back," Teasdle says. "We had a large collection — almost 300 boxes, but we didn't know about the cornerstone." The cornerstone was originally dedicated in 1867 by then-Beth El Rabbi Elias Eppstein and Dr. Isaac Meyer Wise of Cincinnati, founder of American Reform Judaism. It was a part of the building at Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street that housed the synagogue until 1903. The cornerstone is now displayed in the Nate and Ruth Shapero Judaic Museum inside Temple Beth El. Says Mary Shapero, co- chair of the Archive Temple Beth El cornerstone Committee and grand- daughter of Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, rabbi of Beth El from 1899 to 1941: "It is one of the great treasures of the Franklin Archives at Temple Beth El, and we are most thrilled to share it with the community" El GRAPEJEWZ ox., AS A RABBINIC ty "W SI*V"'"'"'"-• W C2001 By Goldfein T here are several common Jewish family names that are also the names of jewels or precious metals, such as Gold, Silver and Pearl. Two Jewish Americans, one a famous singer and the other an infamous deceased murderer, carry such surnames. Can you name them? •131- Ems0 AaArCH Dal Jo niap.mui a tp sum Aqn1T puf -Jaipm -2uosi.m2u!s snowEj E s! puourEIG TIDN :Jams-cry Yiddish Limericks There once was a racehorse named Bounce Who whinnied, "I don't give an ounce. I win them by noses, And still get the roses. The sof iz gut* — that's all that counts." —Martha Jo Fleischmann * the end or finish (i.e. the final outcome) is good Quotables Trendy Beauty . Accessories' r-- All great prre‘. Store Flo Mon, Tues, W 9am-6pm Thurs 9am-7pm Sat 10am-5pm 6243 Orchard Lake Rd. .West Bloomfield 48322 (248) 538-4330 (248) 538-4329 Fax "Everybody feels a sense of community and willing to work together. People are looking to do what's good for the community." — Rabbi Reuven Spotter ofWest Hartforch Conn., who becomes spiritual leader of Young Israel of Oak Park in June, on a visit to metro Detroit last week. "They did not look around before belting out Jewish songs or saying traditional prayers. They did not shy away from their Jewish identity. They shouted out their Jewishness with every passing minute." — Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, on the National Federation of Temple Youth convention in Los Angeles, representing 1,500 Reform youth group leaders. at Contact RICK ZERNER for Exceptional Personal Service St the Area's Best Selection of Fine Automobiles. BY Mendel TRA I THE MOST (A/11, 0R - Ticl/oT TRAIT FOR _You To DEVELOP (5 PATIENCE.,. RABBI 1146a1RE - M1.1.. THEM TOSSiNG CHAIRS To CUT IT AT EACH OTHER OUT AND IN THE BOARD ACT LIKE MEETING! 6ROGA - UPS! _AND, of couRSe, IMPATIGNCE t-immm..,TocCRATC AND CASTIGATE, ToOG1-1 To NAVIGATE... Your Tri-State Source Since 1956 VIN DEVERS _ MERCEDES-BENZ • AUDI 5570 MONROE • SYLVANIA, OH 419/885-5111 ;114 www.vindevers.com imam Classifieds GET Results! (248) 354-5959 ItTa' av 3/2 2001