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On July 7, a group of men
and women meeting at a
downtown Detroit hotel
decided that a new Reform
congregation should be
created and that Rabbi
Leon Fram be called to the
pulpit. Thus, Temple Israel
of Detroit, with 600 initial
members, was formed.
Services were first held in
the Lecture Hall and
Auditorium of the Detroit
Institute of Arts. Rabbi
Fram was formally installed
on Sept. 12.
Spirituality
The year brought
Rabbi M. Robert
Cantor Harold Orbach.
Syme was formally
installed as rabbi in
December. . ..••
The groundbreaking
I ceremony of the first
Temple, located at
1 17400 Manderson in
the Palmer Park area,
took place on Nov. 27.
On the tractor is
; Louis H. Schostak.
I To his immediate rig
1 is Rabbi Fram. In
1 front of the rabbi is
Harry C. Levine. The
other two men are
unidentified.
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In the spring, 1,000
members joined in the
cornerstone dedication
of the building on
Walnut Lake Road in
West Bloomfield.
Left: Frank Simons,
Rabbi Loss, Cantor
Arthur Asher, Rabbi
Syme, Cantor Orbach
and Rabbi Fram.
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The beloved founder,
Rabbi Leon Fram, died
at the age of 92.
Children celebrate
Purim with Rabbi
Fram.
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1 In April, Temple Israel
celebrated its Golden
(50th) Anniversary
with a weekend of
festivities.
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Rabbi Joshua L.
Bennett was installed
as the fifth rabbi on
Dec. 9. His brother,
Rabbi James M.
Bennett, spoke.
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Rabbi Harold S. Loss
was installed as a rabbi
held on Sept. 10.
In the winter, the
isisterhood helps with
!groundbreaking of the
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In October, the for-
mal dedication of the
current Temple was
held, with Rabbis
Fram, Syme and Loss
officiating.
On Sept. 19, Rabbi
Paul M. Yedwab was
installed by his father,
Rabbi Stanley Yedwab.
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Cantor Lori Corrsin,
the Temple's first
female clergy member, )
was installed by
Cantor Benjie Ellen
Schiller of New York
on Nov. 12.
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At a July Shabbat serv-
ice, 1,500 people gath-
ered in the EDor V'Dor
Garden in celebration of
Rabbi M. Robert Syme's
80th birthday and
retirement.
On Oct. 27, Temple
Israel welcomed its first
female rabbi, Rabbi
Marla R. Hornsten,
who became the sixth
rabbi in 60 years. Her
installation took place
before the same ark,
right, that had been in
the Manderson Road
building.
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